Lirc Locks up when opening

[CatchesAStar]

I recently downloaded LIRC. The GUI let me set the manufacturer for the IRC receiver (HP TSGI-IR01) and accompanying remote (HP is the only physical identifier on the remote). At first I used the auto feature in LIRC but with no response (the receiver has a LED that lights when I use the remote indicating reception) . I closed LIRC and went online to find some answers. I then realized I have a Media Center PC and the remote itself has a Windows Media Center button on it. I'll try a few manual options in LIRC. Upon opening LIRC my system froze as soon as the LIRC window popped up. This is now a persistent issue. I've since removed LIRC but would still like to try to get it going. I'm a hopeless noob and have seen it customary to provide the following info...I hope this is actually helpful:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 70)
01:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] (rev a1)
04:00.0 Multimedia controller: ViXS Systems, Inc. XCode 2100 Series

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Sorry, should be reported to upstream instead.