Re: [ACPI-sppt] ACPI not writing to /proc/acpi/event

you are not running acpid are you? if not try installing that and seeing
what it says.

Didi you build your kernel with ACPI debugging enabled?  If not, rebuild
with ACPI enabled so you can see the events in the log.


CL

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 12:18, Brett Blackham wrote:
> I've never cared much more modules so I've been building it all into the 
> kernel.  As for the monitoring I was just doing a 'cat /proc/acpi/events'.  
> Thanks for the feedback can you think of anything else I might try.
> 
> On Monday 22 September 2003 10:20 pm, Carl L. Gilbert wrote:
> > make sure you build the stuff into the kernel.  if you make the stuff
> > modules, make sure you load the modules before you try to use ACPI
> > stuff.
> >
> > as for the one time events, make sure you are monitoring it correctly.
> > I had that problem but it was because of my monitoring script I created.
> >
> > CL
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 19:52, Brett Blackham wrote:
> > > I have ACPI built into the kernel but I can't see any messages in event
> > > when I cat it.  I played around with a couple of different kernels and
> > > got it to work for a little bit.  When it was working I could only press
> > > the power button once and it would receive that one event.  When I
> > > pressed it again nothing was sent.  It would not receive an event until I
> > > powered down and back up.  In my attempt to get it working 100% of the
> > > time I seemed to have broken it further.  I can't even get it to receive
> > > the first message now.  I tried nearly every combo of kernel .config but
> > > can't get it back the way it once was.   I didn't save the .config file
> > > of the almost working kernel but I'm sure in my nearly 30 different
> > > kernel builds and BIOS configs I've came across the same kernel config
> > > which leads me to believe its buggy.  (Guess thats why I had to select
> > > allow experamental code to get the ACPI section)
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might get this working?
> > >
> > >
> > > System:  Redhat 8.0 base w/ Gentoo hardened 2.4.21 kernel.
> > > Motherboard: Tyan S2721-533 V1.01
> > >
> > >
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Thank you,


CL Gilbert
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes
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