I have gone through out the day. This is the only way i was able to setup my simple IR receiver on ubuntu.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1578375use following script to load lirc and setup it
===========================================#! /bin/sh# /etc/init.d/hblirc: Loading the Homebrew IR receiver (IT'S ALIVE!).setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart nonemodprobe lirc_serialmodprobe lirc_devsleep 1ln /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc#start lircd for singerremotelircd /etc/lirc/singerremote===========================================