What and Why is the LIRC service

Hello, please read this:

infrared_remotes [LibreELEC][]=ir&s[]=keytable

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GPIO IR receiver on RPi

Add the following line to /flash/config.txt (read config.txt for detailed instructions):

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dtoverlay=gpio-ir

Add the gpio_pin parameter if you used a custom GPIO (default is 18). eg:

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dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=5

I can guess at the problem.

I think you are maybe confusing the word FLIRC with LIRC.

Do you have this dongle?

flirc-usb

If so, that is the FLIRC dongle, which allows you to use any remote control with a computer, without using LIRC.

LIRC is Linux Infrared Remote Control. It is how remotes talk linux computers, unless you have a FLIRC.

When you use a FLIRC, you don't need to use LIRC.

FLIRC makes your computer think that any remote is just a regular keyboard, and not a remote.

Hence no LIRC services are necessary.

FLIRC and LIRC have nothing to do with one another besides confusingly similar sounding names, and the fact that that they both deal with remotes.