debian man page for kacpimon

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

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 and kacpimon connect to the same sources, be sure to kill acpid before running kacpimon:

	      sudo killall acpid

       Also 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  Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as  published	by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed  in  the	hope  that  it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free  Software  Foundation,
       Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA Or visit www.gnu.org.

								     Nov 2009							       kacpimon(8)