Can't get lirc to work.

I need getting lirc to work on my setup, I have very similar specs as this
user
http://lirc.10951.n7.nabble.com/Please-need-help-to-get-lirc-running-td11333.html

For reference:
> Intel  DN2820FYKH
> dmesg | grep
cir
:(
> [   11.412922] ite_cir: Auto-detected model: ITE8713 CIR transceiver
> [   11.412925] ite_cir: Using model: ITE8713 CIR transceiver
> [   11.412927] ite_cir: TX-capable: 1
> [   11.412928] ite_cir: Sample period (ns): 8680
> [   11.412930] ite_cir: TX carrier frequency (Hz): 38000
> [   11.412931] ite_cir: TX duty cycle (%): 33
> [   11.412932] ite_cir: RX low carrier frequency (Hz): 0
> [   11.412933] ite_cir: RX high carrier frequency (Hz): 0
> [   11.912376] lirc lirc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (ite-cir)
registered at minor = 0
> [   11.912399] ite_cir: driver has been successfully loaded

Everything points that it should be working as expected.
I actually had the setup working for a very long time in the past, the
driver itself worked out of the box, I just had to create a manual raw
config for my re-purposed remote I had lying around. At some point (a
couple years back) something broke the setup, possibly because of a
software update, bios update, or just plain old crapping out.

Thing is, everything points out that it should be working, I can see that
it reads activity in the sensor, I can go through recording buttons with
irrercord (raw mode, for some reason it always failed gap reading). But it
doesn't read any commands testing with irw, funny thing is, it sometimes
reads the very first command successfully, but only the first one.

So I need someone help with, its driving me nuts. Couldn't find anything
with google. But maybe someone here saw a similar issue or worked around
similar hardware. Thanks.

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