On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Norbert Zeh <nzeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Aurko Roy [2012.08.15 2040 +0530]: > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Norbert Zeh <nzeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > You can achieve the same by adding the instructions to write to > > > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness to an appropriate file in > > > tmpfiles.d. > > > Read the section on temporary files in the systemd page on the > archwiki. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Norbert > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reference. So something like > > > > 'w /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness - - - - 0' > > > > should do the job, except that /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 does not > > exist since acpi does not seem to be running (I recall reading somewhere > > that systemd handles most acpi functionality, is that correct?). > > My apologies. I wasn't aware that the particular file you're trying to > write to > exists only if acpid is running. I personally went back to running acpid > because systemd's handling of ACPI events is too rudimentary for my needs. > As > far as I understand from the manpage, you can only set under which > conditions it > should handle Lid/Sleep/Power button events. If these conditions are met, > systemd handles these events the way systemd thinks they should be > handled, and > there seems to be no room to customize it. Since I never ever shut down my > laptop except using "halt" or now "systemctl poweroff", I found it > convenient to > set the action for power button events to be to put the machine to sleep, > as > this avoids the finger gymnastics required to activate the sleep button. > This > type of customization is possible using acpid but doesn't seem to be > possible > using systemd alone. > > Cheers, > Norbert > I see. Thanks for the clarification. -- Aurko Roy GPG key: 0x20C5BC31 Fingerprint:76B4 9677 15BE 731D 1949 85BA 2A31 B442 20C5 BC31
