Please Install the Updated Packages.

The lirc_dev module contained in the dkms-lirc package shipped with Mandriva Linux 2009 contains a bug which would cause it to crash (oops) immediately on load. The result of this is that lirc is unusable, and if you have dkms-lirc installed and the 'lircd' service enabled, the system may fail to boot correctly. The updated package fixes this bug and provides a set of lirc modules that load and work correctly. Please note that this issue only affects systems with the actual IR hardware that lirc works with.

lirc on Mandriva Linux 2009.0, Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64