From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96BBE1381F3 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB85121C046; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A34421C013 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:06:33 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgoKAG6Zu0/O+Jni/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIJWHHImJSQTiA4LmEehMwSLYoQAYgOIQoR8h1yFX4g6gViDBw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="208412859" Received: from 206-248-153-226.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([206.248.153.226]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 24 Nov 2012 21:06:31 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:06:25 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:06:25 -0500 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Xorg server wants acpid daemon? Message-ID: <20121125020625.GA17205@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 4048a5b5-340d-4533-a74a-630e96157abb X-Archives-Hash: 7bf9b49ade828889c126b5d8603a277a I'm running an NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] add-on video card on 32-bit Gentoo with xorg-server-1.13.0-r1. It appears to be looking for acpid, according to the Xorg.0.log. "rc-update show" doesn't show anything resembling acpid. Would this have any impact on X performance or stability? It appears to run OK. This message occurs early in Xorg.0.log. ======================================================================== [199617.576] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or dire ctory) ======================================================================== This message occurs late in Xorg.0.log. ======================================================================== [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README. ======================================================================== -- Walter Dnes We are apparently better off trying to avoid udev like the plague. Linus Torvalds; 2012/10/03 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/3/349