1kacpimon(8)                 System Manager's Manual                kacpimon(8)
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NAME

6       kacpimon - Kernel ACPI Event Monitor
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SYNOPSIS

9       kacpimon
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DESCRIPTION

12       kacpimon  is  a  monitor program that connects to three sources of ACPI
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15              1. /proc/acpi/event
16              2. netlink
17              3. the input layer (/dev/input/event*)
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19       kacpimon then reports on what it sees while it is connected.
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21       Use kacpimon to make sure your kernel is  sending  acpi-related  events
22       via the three sources mentioned above.
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24       Since  both  acpid(8) and kacpimon connect to the same sources, be sure
25       to stop acpid(8) before running kacpimon.  If you are using upstart(7),
26       use initctl(8) to stop acpid(8).  If you are using systemd(1), use sys‐
27       temctl(1) to stop acpid(8).  If you aren't using either of  those,  you
28       can try killall(1) to stop acpid(8).
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30       Be  sure  to  run  kacpimon  as  root  or else it won't be able to open
31       /proc/acpi/event or the input layer:
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35       If you want to pipe the output of kacpimon to a file, be  sure  to  use
36       the "Esc" key to exit rather than Ctrl-C.  Using Ctrl-C will cause out‐
37       put to be lost.
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FILES

40       /proc/acpi/event
41              kernel ACPI event file
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44              input layer event files
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SEE ALSO

47       acpi_listen(8), acpid(8)
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AUTHOR

50       Ted Felix <www.tedfelix.com>
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TODO

53       - Make kacpimon something that actually gets installed?
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LICENSE

56       kacpimon - Kernel ACPI Event Monitor
57       Copyright (C) 2009-2013  Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)
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59       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
60       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
61       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
62       option) any later version.
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64       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
65       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
66       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
67       Public License for more details.
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69       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
70       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
71       59 Temple Place, Suite  330,  Boston,  MA   02111-1307   USA  Or  visit
72       www.gnu.org.
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