Sorry, but I have the same still the same problem in 10.04:


ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for lirc-0.8.6 for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64)
 Sat Nov  6 00:34:34 CET 2010
 mkdir modules
 make -C drivers SUBDIRS="lirc_dev"
 make[1]: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers'
 Making all in lirc_dev
 make[2]: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev'
 cp ./../lirc_dev/Module*.symvers .
 cp: cannot stat `./../lirc_dev/Module*.symvers': No such file or directory
 make[2]: [lirc_dev.o] Error 1 (ignored)
 mv Makefile Makefile.automake
 cp ./../Makefile.kernel Makefile
 CPPFLAGS="" CFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" \
 	make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev modules \
 		KBUILD_VERBOSE=1
 make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic'
 test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (		\
 	echo;								\
 	echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";		\
 	echo "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
 	echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";	\
 	echo;								\
 	/bin/false)
 mkdir -p /var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_versions/*
 make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev
   gcc -Wp,-MD,/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/.lirc_dev.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/include  -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude  -include include/generated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include  -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=61 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/. -I/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/ -I/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/../.. -I/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/../.. -I/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build/include/ -I/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build/drivers/media/video/  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(lirc_dev)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(lirc_dev)"  -c -o /var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_lirc_dev.o /var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c
 /var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c:35:28: error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
 make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.o] Error 1
 make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev] Error 2
 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic'
 make[2]: *** [lirc_dev.o] Error 2
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers/lirc_dev'
 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.6/build/drivers'
 make: *** [dev] Error 2
Date: Sat Nov  6 00:34:37 2010
ErrorMessage: lirc kernel module failed to build
Package: lirc-modules-source
PackageVersion: 0.8.6-0ubuntu4.2
SourcePackage: lirc