AppleTV 6.0 Problems - Programmable Remote Not Working?

Since upgrading my AppleTV to software 6.0, my MX-980 programmable remote (an IR remote) has stopped working.
Anybody got any ideas?
I've tried the "Learn Remote" feature - not that I needed to use this before - no luck.
Thanks.

So, I ended up doing a ugly 'hack'.
In the service file of xbmc I first run rmmod ite-cir and then modprobe ite-cir before starting xbmc. Works until I figure something else out. Going to leave it like this for now.
If anyone knows what the problem is and why this method works - let me know!

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