[ltp] ACPI on T41p

Daniel Jimenez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 04 Apr 2004 19:04:35 -0500


Luke Yelavich wrote:
> At 07:40 AM 5/04/2004, Daniel Jimenez wrote:
> Thanks Brad, I just installed acpid before I recieved your mail. I 
> noticed that when I do tail -f /proc/acpi/events and hit a function 
> key/power button nothing happens. Is this normal? I thought I would test 
> this before using acpid. It seems acpid doesn't detect my button 
> presses. I'm on kernel 2.6.4
> 
> Did you compile the button configuration option into the kernel or as a 
> module?
> 
> Luke

Er I take that back, yes I did have it compiled into the kernel. I 
notice the only event that shows up in /proc/acpi/events is sleep, and 
that only shows up once. Thinks like the lid or power button do not show 
up at all.

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Daniel Jimenez <djimenez[at]pobox[dot]com>