Re: Nothing in /proc/acpi/events

[Jim Summers <jsummers-5f/76mLIbwCHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>]

Simon Walters wrote:
> Hi, I'm running Slackware 10.0 (and have tried others) on a Dell 
> Inspiron 1150. I have got acpi support in my kernel, but when I press 
> the power button or close the lid, nothing shows up in the 
> /proc/acpi/events file. I close acpid and cat the file, then press the 
> button or close the lid, and nothing comes up.

Does the state file get updated?

  What's wrong? I have
> tried it on the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels and neither work.

I am experiencing the same problem with a Dell 5100.

The list mentioned that the state files are polled and the events are 
int driven.  A question I have is why can events not be polled?  If it 
is an int problem, is that fixable with a modded dsdt?

I think Dell was putting out non-complying acpi stuff in their bios. 
One of the faculty in my department has a new Dell M60 and it seems to 
recognoze the PWRBTN event.  I haven't had time to mess with the lid on 
it.  But my bios is at the latest available and still nada.




> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Simon
> 
> 
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