Hi
I had problems with the IMOD Pad. I don;t know if this will help you in any way but you can have a look at how I got it working in Mythbuntu 8.10
As I take it, it should work ok if you got a new kernel on you system.
This is only a draft but should help you abit.
C
http://sites.google.com/site/it1stop/Home/linux/mythbuntu---linuxmce/lirc-remote


