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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] acpid problems
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 21:46:31
Message-Id: 200805182243.14072.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] acpid problems by Henry Gebhardt
1 On Sunday 18 May 2008, Henry Gebhardt wrote:
2 > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Hi All,
4 > >
5 > > I keep having acpid problems with a box of mine. I noticed that when
6 > > hald starts at bootup it takes around 11 to 12 seconds! acpid never
7 > > starts. If I try to start it manually it fails with the error:
8 > >
9 > > acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event
10 >
11 > Does the file exist? If not, try enabling some kernel options, e.g.
12 >
13 > CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT=y
14
15 Thanks Henry,
16
17 Yes the file exists. I can't cat it because it is busy. Some process (acpid,
18 or someone else?) is trying to access it seems and I can't look at its
19 contents.
20 --
21 Regards,
22 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] acpid problems Henry Gebhardt <hsggebhardt@××××××××××.com>