The following changes to /var/lib/dpkg/info/lirc.postinst seem to fix the issue. Its working for me. Now have to figure out how to submit this change upstream.
228,229c228,230 < EVENTS=`ls /dev/input | grep -v "by-path" | sed 's/^/,\ \/dev\/input\//' | tr '\n' '\0'` < db_subst lirc/dev_input_device EVENTS $EVENTS_BY_PATH $EVENTS --- > EVENTS_BY_ID=`ls /dev/input/by-id | sed 's/^/,\ > \/dev\/input\/by-id\//' | tr '\n' '\0'` > EVENTS=`ls /dev/input | grep -v "by-path" | grep -v "by-id" | > sed 's/^/,\ \/dev\/input\//' | tr '\n' '\0'` > db_subst lirc/dev_input_device EVENTS $EVENTS_BY_PATH > $EVENTS_BY_ID $EVENTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695767 Title: configure for devinput should show contents of /dev/input/by-id -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs