NAME¶
kacpimon - Kernel ACPI Event Monitor
SYNOPSIS¶
kacpimon
DESCRIPTION¶
kacpimon is a monitor program that connects to three sources of ACPI
events:
- 1. /proc/acpi/event
2. netlink
3. the input layer (/dev/input/event*)
kacpimon then reports on what it sees while it is connected.
Use
kacpimon to make sure your kernel is sending acpi-related events via
the three sources mentioned above.
Since both
acpid and
kacpimon connect to the same sources, be sure
to kill
acpid before running kacpimon:
- sudo killall acpid
Also be sure to run
kacpimon as root or else it won't be able to open
/proc/acpi/event or the input layer:
- sudo ./kacpimon
If you want to pipe the output of
kacpimon to a file, be sure to use the
"Esc" key to exit rather than Ctrl-C. Using Ctrl-C will cause output
to be lost.
FILES¶
- /proc/acpi/event
- kernel ACPI event file
- /dev/input/event*
- input layer event files
SEE ALSO¶
acpi_listen(8),
acpid(8)
AUTHOR¶
Ted Felix <www.tedfelix.com>
TODO¶
- Make kacpimon something that actually gets installed?
LICENSE¶
kacpimon - Kernel ACPI Event Monitor
Copyright (C) 2009 Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
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