--- lirc-0.8.2/tools/irxevent.c.orig	2008-04-17 11:10:26.113550983 -0430
+++ lirc-0.8.2/tools/irxevent.c	2008-04-17 14:20:15.917788728 -0430
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 
 
 static const char *progname="irxevent";
+static char *lirc_progname = NULL; /* program name to react to, by default irxevent */
 static Display *dpy;
 static Window root;
 static XEvent xev;
@@ -543,9 +544,10 @@
 
 static struct option long_options[] =
 {
-	{"daemon",  no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
-	{"help",    no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
-	{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
+	{"daemon",  no_argument,       NULL, 'd'},
+	{"name",    required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
+	{"help",    no_argument,       NULL, 'h'},
+	{"version", no_argument,       NULL, 'V'},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -559,13 +561,16 @@
   int c;
   int WindowID;
 
-  while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dhV", long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
+  while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dn:hV", long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
     switch (c) {
     case 'd':
       bDaemon = 1; continue;
+    case 'n':
+      lirc_progname = optarg; continue;
     case 'h':
       printf("Usage: %s [option]... [config file]\n"
              "       -d --daemon     fork and run in background\n"
+             "       -n --name       use this program name\n"
              "       -h --help       display usage summary\n"
              "       -V --version    display version\n", progname);
       return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
@@ -597,7 +602,7 @@
   // windows may get closed at wrong time. Override default error handler...
   XSetErrorHandler(errorHandler);
   
-  if(lirc_init("irxevent",1)==-1) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  if(lirc_init(lirc_progname?lirc_progname:progname,1)==-1) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
   if(lirc_readconfig(config_file,&config,check)==0)
     {