Re: Tools to handle ACPI events?
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 20:39 -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote:
> Howdy all...
>
> Ever since switching from APM to ACPI on my Dell Inspiron, none of the
> events seem to do anything anymore. If I close the lid and open it, the
> screen doesn't come back. The Fn-Esc ("Suspend") doesn't do anything at
> all, etc.
>
> I delved into the /etc/acpi directory and found a script and acpid
> config file, but there was nothing in there for handling common
> suspend/standby/resume issues like resetting the system clock from the
> hardware clock... or getting the GUI back on its feet, etc.
>
> First: Am I missing something here? Is there some Debian package that's
> supposed to have a bunch of handlers for lid-close/open, or other
> standby/resume issues?
>
> If not, I'm going to start working on a set of scripts/tools to handle
> all of this well. Does anybody have any scripts they've already written
> that I should start with? Anybody else want to help?
Funny you should ask, there's just been a discussion on this on debian-
devel. I'll be building these shared scripts. I'll let you know when
they're done.
--
Bart Samwel <bart@samwel.tk>
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