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(8) and kacpimon connect to the same sources, be  sure  to  stop  acpid(8)
       before  running  kacpimon.   If you are using upstart(7), use initctl(8) to stop acpid(8).
       If you are using systemd(1), use systemctl(1) to  stop  acpid(8).   If  you  aren't  using
       either of those, you can try killall(1) to stop acpid(8).

       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) 2009-2013  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 MERCHANTABILITY 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.

                                             Jan 2013                                 kacpimon(8)