[Solved] No sleep button for acpid

Unia · 2011-06-19 15:36:38

First off, sorry for the flow of questions I have been posting here lately. Hopefully this will be my last for now!

I'm trying to get my power and sleep buttons to work with acpid. I got the power button working already, but my sleep button isn't recognised. On my laptop, this button is Fn+F4 and is labeled as XF86Sleep.

Here is the relevant section of /etc/acpi/handler.sh:

button/sleep)
        case "$2" in
            SLPB|SBTN)  pm-suspend ;;
            *)      logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
        esac
        ;;

Nor SLPB, nor SBTN works and when I place XF86Sleep in there, it doesn't work either. Can I somehow get my sleep button to get recognised? I read something about xmodmap, but I don't know if this will work for what I want to accomplish. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Unia (2011-06-20 21:37:49)

Lone_Wolf · 2011-06-19 15:44:52

Acpid#Configuration

Unia · 2011-06-19 15:52:44

Lone_Wolf wrote:

Acpid#Configuration

Oh come on, don't you think I tried that already? It are those commands that don't list a thing when I press my sleep button!

Lone_Wolf · 2011-06-19 15:56:34

Unia wrote:

Lone_Wolf wrote:
Acpid#Configuration
Oh come on, don't you think I tried that already? It are those commands that don't list a thing when I press my sleep button!

Please state you have followed the wiki next time, because if i had known that, it would have saved both of us time.

You probably need special software for your laptop to make the sleep and other special keys work.

What brand and model is your laptop ?

Unia · 2011-06-19 16:05:40

Ok fair enough, excuse me then

I have an Acer Aspire 5740G, is there anything else you need to know?

Lone_Wolf · 2011-06-19 16:29:49

I have found a workaround that works with bios version 1.22 :

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580695

There is however a later bios version for your laptop, 1.28 dated 2011/04/12 .

Acpi-related problems are very often bios related, and version 1.28 might solve the problems.
Bios updates have a (very small) chance of going wrong, so you could try the workaround the ubuntu user found first .

Unia · 2011-06-20 17:10:32

Adding that to the kernel line didn't work, sadly. How would I do this bios update, and how big is the risk of it going wrong?

Are there any alternatives?

Lone_Wolf · 2011-06-20 18:02:32

while some users had succes with adding acpi_osi= others needed to use acpi_osi=”Linux” .
You can try that also.

The biggest risk of a bios update is that if the laptop looses all power during the update, it will no longer start.
Repairing it is possible, but requires special equipment that is usually only available for acer tech support people (and the repair isn't cheap).

Having said that a bios update takes less then 10 minutes, so if the laptop is connected to a netpower and has a full batttery, the risk is very small.
I have done many bios updates , both on laptops and desktops and have not had this problem.

the file you need to download is :

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles … er&SC=PA_6

The file has a windows executable, and 1 that is intended for dos.
If you don't have windows installed on the laptop, you'll need to make a bootable dos cd or usb stick, this can be tricky.

Alternative :
Do without the sleep button (and other special keys) functionality and hope that the kernel will someday support it out-of-the-box

Unia · 2011-06-20 21:37:32

I'll live without it then. Thanks anyway!

EDIT: Found a little work around that I thought might be interesting for others in the same situation. I use Compiz, which has its own keyboard shortcuts. I set one of them to use XF86Sleep as the shortcut and the command to suspend. All is working fine now!

Last edited by Unia (2011-06-22 16:32:41)

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[Solved] No sleep button for acpid

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