After a clean install of Knoppmyth R5A30.1 I followed these instructions to get the MCE USB remote working: http://www.sysop.ca/?p=55

In case the link is down, here is the quick and dirty:

I installed and ran through the guided setup, when it came time to select the remote, I selected the MCE USB older model.

After finishing the rest of the Knoppmyt config I follwed the steps on the link above:

I changed the following line in /etc/init.d/lirc :

start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –exec /usr/sbin/lircd — $LIRCD_ARGS \

to:

start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –exec /usr/sbin/lircd \

Restarted lirc and tested that things worked with irw.

Started myth back up and start using your remote.