On 2008-08-19 10:39 +0200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Hi, > > It looks like any programs using the /proc interface are now broken, at > least with the later kernels.
No, only those that read /proc/acpi/battery. That directory does not exist in current Debian kernels because of the reckless decision to build them without CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER. Hopefully the Debian kernel team will revert this before Lenny. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a > Linux box 2.6.25-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 18 17:46:56 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > Compare: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# acpi -b > Battery 0: Charging, 100%, until charged [1] > > with: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# acpi -p -b > No support for device type: battery > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# man acpi > [..] > -p | --proc > use the old /proc interface, default is the new /sys one > > I have noticed this behaviour with at least two packages so far: > laptop-detect, and fvwm-crystal. And xbattbar-acpi[0], yacpi[1], icewm[2], acpi-support[3], emacs[4], and, and, and,... > [1] Doesn't seem like the /sys interface is any easier to parse. :-( Quoting Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt in Linux 2.6.26: ,---- | The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details | and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon | by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable | internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal | structures, the sysfs interface cannot provide a stable interface either; | it may always change along with internal kernel changes. `---- Go figure. :-( Sven 0. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=479096 1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484264 2. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492403 3. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491396 4. http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
