On 05/14/2018 03:09 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > Tim, all, > > This is a tangential question on whether TDE has included an acpiac > configuration module for specifying event-handling for say laptop power-button > (suspend or off) as well as lid closed, etc. > > This is prompted by the trend away from acpi (with the configuration for > event handling in /etc/acpi/handlers.sh) to acpiac which has a dearth of > documentation and limited user-information. Evidently, plasma, gnome and xfce > have configuration widgets for it. K3 has none (aside from the monitor DPMS > control -- which isn't related). If TDE has an implementation, I'd love to see > the commit and see how you did it, and where you put the interface. If TDE > doesn't have an interface yet, well throw it on the wishlist heap -- as it > looks like we will all have to deal with this power-interface in the near > future -- it's code feeds into the kernel -- so it's coming. > > Short list of info links: > > https://www.acpica.org/documentation > > what it is: > https://acpica.org/sites/acpica/files/ACPI-Introduction.pdf or the > > API/Programming Reference: > https://acpica.org/sites/acpica/files/acpica-reference_18.pdf > > OS-Dev wisdom: > https://wiki.osdev.org/ACPICA > OK, Thankfully this isn't as bad as first thought. systemd provides an interface through /etc/systemd/login.conf that allows you to control settings for PowerKey, LidSwitch, etc..., e.g. [Login] #NAutoVTs=6 #ReserveVT=6 #KillUserProcesses=no #KillOnlyUsers= #KillExcludeUsers=root #InhibitDelayMaxSec=5 #HandlePowerKey=poweroff <== PowerKey power button config HandlePowerKey=suspend #HandleSuspendKey=suspend #HandleHibernateKey=hibernate #HandleLidSwitch=suspend <== LidSwitch lid behavior config #HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore #PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no #SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no #HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no #LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes #HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s #IdleAction=ignore #IdleActionSec=30min #RuntimeDirectorySize=10% #RemoveIPC=no #UserTasksMax=12288 So rather than need to access the acpica API via C/C++, a basic config tool can simple manipulate the settings in /etc/systemd/login.conf (though for user-config, there may need to be something in ~/.config or ~/.local -- I haven't checked whether systemd provides user-override control (though I doubt it here since login.conf is a systemd system-wide config) Note: a systemctl daemon-reload and logout/login isn't sufficient for the change to be seen, a reboot is needed (this is where an interface with the API, or using one of the acpica utilities may allow a direct change of the current acpi state. Heap this on the (may need to get to in the future) pile... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
