irrecord didn’t help. But nevertheless it pointed me into the correct direction -
using ir-keytable -t I see all my ir events as expected, e.g.
Testing events. Please, press CTRL-C to abort.
84715.350095: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041e
84715.450169: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041e
84715.550171: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041e
84716.750207: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041f toggle=1
84716.860140: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041f toggle=1
84716.960201: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041f toggle=1
84718.360147: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041e
84718.460152: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041e
84718.570118: lirc protocol(rc6_mce): scancode = 0x800f041e
But those events don’t show up within kodi. If I remember correctly, no further configuration within kodi was necessary for buster besides selecting the intended remote - I did select rc-6-mce-lircd and I did untick “RC6 deactivate”. And I verified those settings within /etc/lircd:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 19. Sep 10:34 lircd.conf → /etc/lirc/rc6-mce-lircd.conf
There is only one spurious message regarding lirc within dmesg (the rest looks fine):
[ 9.037582] rc_core: IR keymap rc-lirc not found
[ 9.038060] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver gpio_ir_recv registered at minor = 0, raw IR receiver, no transmitter
[ 10.346475] input: eventlircd as /devices/virtual/input/input1
[ 10.452848] input: lircd as /devices/virtual/input/input2
BTW, I now have exactly the same problem as end of 2021 - see Can't get IR working using harmony mce keyboard - #13 by olwaldi
I.e. keysms are missing. But finally it worked within buster without any tweaking.
Regards, Michael