On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 04:07:59PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Sjoerd Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.09.04.1536 +0200]: > > I don't want hal depending on acpid. I will patch the hal acpi addon to not > > directly use the proc interface iff /usr/sbin/acpid exists. > > Doesn't acpid provide access to the data through > /var/run/acpid.socket ? > > I'd say hal should use that if it's present, and /proc/acpi/events > otherwise.
It already does that, it first tries the proc interface, then the socket. The problem is that afaik /var/run might be empty on boot, so checking for /var/run/acpid.socket then doesn't really help. > This sounds like trouble. Instead, I would just document in the > README that the user has to stop hald, start acpid then start hald > by hand. Also fine by me. Sjoerd -- Do what you can to prolong your life, in the hope that someday you'll learn what it's for. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
