[ltp] ACPI on T41p

[Brad Langhorst]

On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 17:40, Daniel Jimenez wrote:
> Brad Langhorst wrote:
> > you need to learn about acpid
> > put this into a file in /etc/acpi/events
> > 
> > event=button[ /]power
> > action=/etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh
> > 
> > then when you push the power button that script will get run.
> > 
> 
> 
> 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

try compiling the button feature as a module  - that's how i did it. 
There was a bug that caused events to get lost after the first suspend
cycle but i thought it got fixed in 2.6.4 


brad