Ex. lightdm.conf

First, I wish to thank you for this guide. I used it and barring a few hiccups, it works great.

My biggest problem was in getting sound to work. PulseAudio refused to start, shut off sound by itself when I paused a movie and was a general nuisance. After considerable head-scratching and messing with default.pa, I learned that I don't even need PulseAudio!

Since the instructions are for a stand-alone Media Center, it makes perfect sense to not have PulseAudio at all and only leave ALSA in.

Ref.
https://kodi.wiki/view/PulseAudio#FAQ

Always going to sleep after 10 minutes (even while playing music)

Does this work also with newer kernels?

I tried on Debian stretch with Kernel 4.13. The

./configure --with-driver=xbox

creates an error:

checking for Linux kernel sources... /tmp/LIRCMF.qkeHYq:15: warning: overriding recipe for target 'lirc_tell_me_what_version_is'
/tmp/LIRCMF.qkeHYq:11: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'lirc_tell_me_what_version_is'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'lirc_tell_me_what_version_is'. Stop.
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
/tmp/LIRCMF.qkeHYq:17: warning: overriding recipe for target 'lirc_tell_me_what_patchlevel_is'
/tmp/LIRCMF.qkeHYq:11: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'lirc_tell_me_what_patchlevel_is'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'lirc_tell_me_what_patchlevel_is'. Stop.
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
./configure: line 13992: test: too many arguments
/lib/modules/4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/build/

and make fails with

make

cp ./../lirc_dev/Module*.symvers .
cp: der Aufruf von stat für './../lirc_dev/Module*.symvers' ist nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Makefile:660: die Regel für Ziel „lirc_xbox.o“ scheiterte
make: [lirc_xbox.o] Fehler 1 (ignoriert)
mv Makefile Makefile.automake
cp ./../Makefile.kernel Makefile
CPPFLAGS="" CFLAGS="" LDFLAGS=""
make -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/build/ SUBDIRS=/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox modules
KBUILD_VERBOSE=1
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64“ wird betreten
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common
-f /usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/Makefile modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo >&2;
echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";
echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";
echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";
echo >&2 ;
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox
gcc-6 -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/.lirc_xbox.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/arch/x86/include -I./arch/x86/include/generated -I/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include -I./include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/arch/x86/include/uapi -I./arch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/uapi -I./include/generated/uapi -include /usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/kconfig.h -I/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox -I/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -fno-PIE -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -m64 -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 -mskip-rax-setup -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SSSE3=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CRC32=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX512=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SHA1_NI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SHA256_NI=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Wno-frame-address -O2 --param=allow-store-data-races=0 -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fstack-protector-strong -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-const-variable -fno-var-tracking-assignments -g -pg -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=date-time -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=designated-init -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/. -I../.. -I/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/. -I/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/. -I/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/../.. -I/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/../.. -I/lib/modules/4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/build//include/ -I/lib/modules/4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/build//drivers/media/video/ -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME='"lirc_xbox"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"lirc_xbox"' -c -o /usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/.tmp_lirc_xbox.o /usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c: In function ‘new_irctl’:
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c:748:8: error: ‘struct lirc_driver’ has no member named ‘set_use_inc’
driver->set_use_inc = &set_use_inc;
^~
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c:749:8: error: ‘struct lirc_driver’ has no member named ‘set_use_dec’
driver->set_use_dec = &set_use_dec;
^~
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/module.h:18:0,
from /usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c:49:
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c: In function ‘_check_debug’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:148:27: error: return from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
param_check##type(name, &(value));
^
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:346:68: note: in definition of macro ‘__param_check’
static inline type __always_unused *check##name(void) { return(p); }
^
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:148:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘param_check_bool’
param_check##type(name, &(value));
^~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:128:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘module_param_named’
module_param_named(name, name, type, perm)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c:982:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘module_param’
module_param(debug, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
^~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c: In function ‘_check_unique’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:148:27: error: return from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
param_check##type(name, &(value));
^
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:346:68: note: in definition of macro ‘__param_check’
static inline type __always_unused *check##name(void) { return(p); }
^
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:148:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘param_check_bool’
param_check##type(name, &(value));
^~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/include/linux/moduleparam.h:128:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘module_param_named’
module_param_named(name, name, type, perm)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c:988:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘module_param’
module_param(unique, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
^~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/scripts/Makefile.build:313: die Regel für Ziel „/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.o“ scheiterte
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.o] Fehler 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-common/Makefile:1529: die Regel für Ziel „module/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox“ scheiterte
make[3]: *** [module/usr/src/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_xbox] Fehler 2
Makefile:145: die Regel für Ziel „sub-make“ scheiterte
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Fehler 2
Makefile:8: die Regel für Ziel „all“ scheiterte
make[1]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-0.bpo.1-amd64“ wird verlassen
Makefile:660: die Regel für Ziel „lirc_xbox.o“ scheiterte
make: *** [lirc_xbox.o] Fehler 2

thanks,
leo