service LCDd does not execute properly at boot

[Bengt Nilsson]

My HTPC computer case has a iMonLCD display with IRC sensor.
I have edited /etc/LCDd.conf to shut down the display backlight at boot.
It used to work but now the LCD display backlight does not turn off at boot.
However, if I manually do "sudo service LCDd restart" after boot the light shuts down.
So I suspect the service is not run, or maybe not in the correct order.
I am not sure how old this is, maybe 4 - 6 months.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-lowlatency 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Jun 28 18:47:43 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-17 (681 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (66 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[Bengt Nilsson (bnilsson11)]

LCDd is a part of the lcdproc package.

[Bengt Nilsson (bnilsson11)]

I see now that no LCDd process is active after boot.
My "sudo service LCDd restart" is actually starting it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bengt Nilsson (bnilsson11)]

Since this will not be fixed quickly, I applied a workaround by adding "service LCDd start" to /etc/rc.local.