On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 11:51:04AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: [SNIP] > >- Let the acpi daemon log all events. Then, you can see what the string > >looks like when you press the power button. In my case, it already logs > >all events in /var/log/acpid. > Well, this is also logged for me in the same place, but pressing the > power button does not create an entry in this file.
Have a look at /proc/acpi/button/. The available buttons should be listed there. If the power button isn't listed, then for some reason your kernel doesn't detect it. Whatever reason that may be... > > >The kernel has nothing do to with this, so > >you probably won't find anything in the kernel source. > Quoting /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn more completely: [SNIP] > So if kernel changes had influence on acpi configuration in the past > I think it could happen also now. AFAIK the kernel pulls the events from the ACPI hardware and generates events in /proc/acpi/event to be read by the acpid. Ciao, Ralf -- Ralf Gerlich http://home.easylink.de/rgerlich PGP: 1024D/54F7 B9AC 1CE4 137E 7791 3E63 4BB6 E425 AF97 3BCF Software patents kill innovation, SMEs and OpenSource! Kill SWPats!!! http://nosoftwarepatents.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
