On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:10:03 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote: > >>> I'll be darned... 'acpitool -s' *works from a VT* (not from X). > >>> Except I get this from alsa when KUSC is playing with mplayer: > >>> > > > > works from X for me. I was *shocked* when I tried it the first time > > and it worked. > > How do you invoke it from X? 'sudo acpitool -s' in xterm or konsole? > yes, exactly that. Brian