root@debian:~# systemctl -l status  lirc 
● lirc.service - LSB: Starts LIRC daemon.
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/lirc)
   Active: active (exited) since Thu 2015-10-08 15:44:01 EET; 2s ago
  Process: 19209 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/lirc stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 19222 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/lirc start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Oct 08 15:44:01 debian lirc[19222]: /etc/init.d/lirc: 22: /etc/lirc/hardware.conf: =/etc/lirc/lircd.conf: not found
Oct 08 15:44:01 debian lirc[19222]: No valid /etc/lirc/lircd.conf has been found..
Oct 08 15:44:01 debian lirc[19222]: Remote control support has been disabled..
Oct 08 15:44:01 debian lirc[19222]: Reconfigure LIRC or manually replace /etc/lirc/lircd.conf to enable..
root@debian:~#