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From: "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg server wants acpid daemon?
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:24:45 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADPrc81HNfG4+=LX3taCBzmQ72UM1V3CWFD6p8f0PTLUmFO6Pg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121125020625.GA17205@waltdnes.org>

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>   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.
> ========================================================================

It's not necessary for the drivers to run. The in-tree ebuild even has
an acpi USE flag to pull acpid if required, but (AFAICS), it doesn't
do anything in either case.

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-25  2:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-25  2:06 [gentoo-user] Xorg server wants acpid daemon? Walter Dnes
2012-11-25  2:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés [this message]
2012-11-25  4:42   ` Walter Dnes

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