Oct 29/2012 - It seems the Ubuntu 12.10 LIRC service script has changed to assume a driver cannot both send and receive (ie transmit and receive remote signals), so the Ubuntu Remote Control Configuration utility doesn't work correctly. 

 

Check out the sample files in Ubuntu 12.10 Downloads, and just change the lircd.conf to include your remote(s) and transmit target(s), run "service lirc restart" (or reboot) and you're done.