.TH kacpimon 8 "Jan 2013"

.\" Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)

.SH NAME

kacpimon \- Kernel ACPI Event Monitor

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBkacpimon\fP

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBkacpimon\fP is a monitor program that connects to three sources of ACPI 

events:

.IP

1. /proc/acpi/event

.br

2. netlink

.br

3. the input layer (/dev/input/event*)

.PP

\fBkacpimon\fP then reports on what it sees while it is connected.

.PP

Use \fBkacpimon\fP to make sure your kernel is sending acpi-related events

via the three sources mentioned above.

.PP

Since both

.BR acpid (8)

and \fBkacpimon\fP connect to the same sources, be sure to stop

.BR acpid (8)

before running kacpimon.  If you are using

.BR upstart (7),

use

.BR initctl (8)

to stop

.BR acpid (8).

If you are using

.BR systemd (1),

use

.BR systemctl (1)

to stop

.BR acpid (8).

If you aren't using either of those, you can try

.BR killall (1)

to stop

.BR acpid (8).

.PP

Be sure to run \fBkacpimon\fP as root or else it won't be able to open

/proc/acpi/event or the input layer:

.IP

sudo kacpimon

.PP  

If you want to pipe the output of \fBkacpimon\fP 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.

.SH FILES

.TP

.I /proc/acpi/event

kernel ACPI event file

.TP

.I /dev/input/event*

input layer event files

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR acpi_listen (8),

.BR acpid (8)

.SH AUTHOR

Ted Felix <www.tedfelix.com>

.SH TODO

\- Make kacpimon something that actually gets installed?

.SH LICENSE

kacpimon \- Kernel ACPI Event Monitor

.br

Copyright (C) 2009-2013  Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)

.PP

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.

.PP

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.

.PP

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.