Comment 2 for bug 783202

The following check might help.

                if [ "$START_LIRCMD" = "true" ]; then
                        [ -d "/var/run/lirc" ] || mkdir -p "/var/run/lirc"
                        LIRCMD_ARG=""
                        REMOTE_DEVICE_TYPE=`echo $REMOTE_DEVICE | cut -c 1-10`
                        # Start lircmd to generate Linux Input event if remote device is using devinput
                        if [ "$REMOTE_DEVICE_TYPE" = "/dev/input" ]; then
                                LIRCMD_ARG="--uinput"
                        fi
                        log_daemon_msg $LIRCMD_ARG
                        log_daemon_msg "Starting remote control mouse daemon : LIRCMD "
                        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/lircmd $LIRCMD_ARG < /dev/null
                        log_end_msg $?
                fi