kacpimon(8)
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
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)
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