[PROBLEM] Trouble getting lircd to work as expected, also is something else handling IR input?

[Nachteule]

First, to clearify this and before we can continue, make sure that lircd does not run

Terminal

root@kmxbilr2 ~ # sudo pgrep lircd
root@kmxbilr2 ~ #

pgrep should give no output

Next, enable Kodi debug log (Kodi->Setting->System->Logging) so you can see remote events in kodi's logfile /home/xbian/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

Code:

Jun  4 12:31:25 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:31:25.602 T:6496    DEBUG <general>: CLibInputKeyboard::ProcessKey - using delay: 250ms repeat: 33ms
Jun  4 12:31:25 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:31:25.602 T:7402    DEBUG <general>: Thread Timer start, auto delete: false
Jun  4 12:31:25 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:31:25.602 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: Keyboard: scancode: 0x6a, sym: 0x0113, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0
Jun  4 12:31:25 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:31:25.602 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: HandleKey: right (0xf083) pressed, action is Right
Jun  4 12:31:25 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:31:25.746 T:7402    DEBUG <general>: Thread Timer 2361233600 terminating
Jun  4 12:31:25 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:31:25.754 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: Keyboard: scancode: 0x6a, sym: 0x0113, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0

^^ this is a log after pressing cursor-right key

Code:

Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.699 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: Keyboard: scancode: 0x7d, sym: 0x0137, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0xc00
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.699 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: HandleKey: meta-leftwindows (0x20f0d6) pressed, action is
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.699 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: Keyboard: scancode: 0x38, sym: 0x0134, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0xf00
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.699 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: HandleKey: alt-meta-leftalt (0x24f0d4) pressed, action is
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.707 T:6496    DEBUG <general>: CLibInputKeyboard::ProcessKey - using delay: 250ms repeat: 33ms
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.707 T:7419    DEBUG <general>: Thread Timer start, auto delete: false
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.714 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: Keyboard: scancode: 0x1c, sym: 0x000d, unicode: 0x000d, modifier: 0xf00
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.714 T:6491    DEBUG <general>: HandleKey: alt-meta-return (0x24f00d) pressed, action is
Jun  4 12:32:47 kmxbilr2 2020-06-04 12:32:47.763 T:7419    DEBUG <general>: Thread Timer 2361233600 terminating

^^ This is a log of a key which is not handled by Kodi correctly (nothing follows after action is)

So I suppose, you'll get a lot of recognized events but with no actions.

If my assumption is correct, you must create your own keymap.xml, the default keymaps you can find in /usr/local/share/kodi/system/keymaps/, where you can have a look how they looks like, gut do never modify them at this place, because they will be overwritten by next update of xbian-package-xbmc.
Put your own keymap.xml in /home/xbian/.kodi/userdata/keymaps instead

More information about keymaps can be found here