lirc_serial won't load because the serial port is already in use. dmesg reports
[ 12.245857] lirc_serial: port 03f8 already in use [ 12.245862] lirc_serial: use 'setserial /dev/ttySX uart none'
back in the days I used to edit a file called /var/lib/setserial/autoserial.conf or /etc/serial.conf to set UART to none on the corresponding serial port. The first doesn't help and the later doesn't exist no more.
All the Howtos and threads on message boards concerning LIRC are from the stoneage.
Can somebody help me?