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(8) and
kacpimon connect to the same sources, be
sure to stop
acpid(8) before running kacpimon. If you are using
upstart(7), use
initctl(8) to stop
acpid(8). If you are
using
systemd(1), use
systemctl(1) to stop
acpid(8). If
you aren't using either of those, you can try
killall(1) to stop
acpid(8).
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) 2009-2013 Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)
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