acpi vs acpid, what's the difference?

amadar · 2011-04-25 08:07:33

I'm kind of confused because acpi is not listed as a dependency for acpid, so they are obviously two seperate things. Can you explain what the difference is exactly (aside from the obvious fact one is a deamon and one isn't, unless that is the only difference).

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Kane · 2011-04-25 08:51:22

I've also wondered about this recently, as i had acpid installed and running, but then i installed something (cant remember what it was at the minute, but i think it might have been laptop-mode-tools) and it wouldnt work.

After narrowing it down to not picking up acpi signals i installed acpi and it worked fine from then on.

Id also like to know when each is required, and the differences between them

Kane

byte · 2011-04-25 10:56:17

Those aren't really related.
'acpi' is just, well, to quote the man page: "Shows information from the /proc or the /sys filesystem"
'acpid' on the other hand is something like hal, just for monitoring ACPI events. It notifies other programs or dispatches scripts you wrote yourself.

.:B:. · 2011-04-25 10:57:48

Edit: too quick

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amadar · 2011-04-26 06:48:49

So I'm guessing acpi is just a tool so you don't have to dig through those really long /sys and /proc directories to see info, whereas acpid actually notifies when things change, maybe?

tomk · 2011-04-26 08:13:26

Yes..... as byte already said.

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#1 2011-04-25 08:07:33

acpi vs acpid, what's the difference?

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