Re: [ACPI-sppt] Re: lid question

Derek Broughton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.acpi.support
Organization Pointer Stop Consulting
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Micha Feigin wrote:
> Try first to stop acpid and do cat /proc/acpi/event (as root I think)
> and check that you actually get the event and whats it called.
> You can also enter into the file
> event=.*
> action=echo "%e" >> /home/<user>/acpid.out
> to see if you get the event and how it looks

He did get the event, because it is being logged exactly as it would if 
caught by the default event handler acpid installs.

I'm still wondering how you know what to do on a lid event, though.  Lid 
events are generated for close _and_ open, and your example doesn't care.



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