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 1E97B1381F3 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:26:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F59121C013; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:25:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f181.google.com (mail-ie0-f181.google.com [209.85.223.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2291921C013 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f181.google.com with SMTP id 16so1825005iea.40 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:24:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=T2ZVXIfT4bN6zrh6QFHfZ+UU8BHIAGZmdx7NCs5ILno=; b=i0Qo0PpvAXv5m96B7ZJQLwMsZftfXHubObUgZbX6TzVgqbU0CALeEz+VMGqpfAVfPY 7pQMt61vIk/+zqSCCd9T1ZPUw2+Qcc8Zw3CFzzthMuniwxBd9aJwaAxElGH0yK+nnRFj nUClhzga8MTF35Goqihk3klBz7O0LxoDO7ome6TGrtA0ilTwGxqlavimWK3yY140UZVY I/zkFzRwEPjL3Ddldr7utsznHI5y5Fsn66SM9XugYRo+Td2ciAZ4IjQGYRjrIbvVgz0J oEsnIx/plQY2Lv6/i+YsiadRYnGOJPTSe64LFm2JfdXgKL8N7aCt80InWU7VQ2TF7RGu VMHg== 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 Received: by 10.50.216.133 with SMTP id oq5mr7548948igc.64.1353810285374; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:24:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.32.195 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:24:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121125020625.GA17205@waltdnes.org> References: <20121125020625.GA17205@waltdnes.org> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:24:45 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg server wants acpid daemon? From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: af984931-5072-4684-a371-98817d16775f X-Archives-Hash: 620c54ba358613ac86259c9b3f4752c5 On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Walter Dnes 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. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > [199617.576] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file = or dire ctory) > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > This message occurs late in Xorg.0.log. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event da= emon; the daemon > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPa= th" X > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set corr= ectly. When the > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVID= IA X driver will > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event noti= fications. For > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid"= and > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration option= s in Appendix B: X > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 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. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico