Power Button activating hibernate

semperfiguy · 2007-12-21 02:54:23

I recently managed to get hibernate working properly by adding my custom hooks for netcfg2. Now I would like to be able to just push the power button and have it hibernate.

I tried following the wiki here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Shu … wer_button

but still nothing happens when I push the button.

My /etc/acpi/events/power file reads:

# /etc/acpi/events/power
# This is called when the user presses the power button

event=button/power (PWR.||PBTN)
action=/usr/sbin/pm-hibernate

SiD · 2007-12-21 03:42:13

Try to put the command in the /etc/acpi/handler.sh script.

case "$1" in
        button/power)
                #echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
                case "$2" in
                        PWRF) /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate
                              logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" ;;
                        *)    logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
                esac
                ;;

Last edited by SiD (2007-12-21 03:43:29)

semperfiguy · 2007-12-22 16:05:08

I tried that with no luck. Where is the log file this is writing to so I can see if its even registering.

Misfit138 · 2007-12-22 17:44:18

So you can issue 'pm-hibernate' and it will go to sleep, but pushing the power button does nothing?

patroclo7 · 2007-12-22 17:55:39

Look in the system logs to check the exact name of the event triggered by the botton. Sometimes it is botton.power, some others button.<somethingelse>. And with some broken ACPIs there is alas no event seen at all... Modify the line with 'event' in the acpid configuration.

The logs of acpi are now passed to the system logger, so just grep for 'button' in /var/log/*.

wonder · 2007-12-22 20:45:07

what DE you are using?

semperfiguy · 2007-12-22 23:45:08

I am using fluxbox. Running pm-hibernate works beautifully from the command line but I am trying to set it so the power button sends the pm-hibernate command. Right now the button does nothing.

ran cat * | grep button

with the files I ran through it being: syslog.log, acpid.log, messages.log, user.log, errors.log, and everything.log

the only hits I got where mouse button related.

Last edited by semperfiguy (2007-12-22 23:53:16)

Jack B · 2007-12-23 12:34:27

At terminal run acpi_listen, then press the power button. If the button triggers an ACPI event, it will appear in the terminal.
You can then edit the ACPI script to use that event.

HTH
Jack

SiD · 2007-12-23 15:53:58

Is the acpi daemon (acpid) running? And the kernel modul "button" loaded?

semperfiguy · 2007-12-23 18:07:32

I ran acpi_listen and pressing the power button does nothing at all.

I ran lsmod | grep button and it returned as button being listed so I assume its being loaded.

So its not picking up the button at all. thats a little frusterating.

patroclo7 · 2007-12-23 18:14:00

Probably a buggish acpi. You may need a fixed DSDT table. Look in the gentoo wiki for a detailed (and not so easy) guide to verify if this is a guide. In the acpi website there is a repo of fixed DSDT tables for several laptops, which have not yet reached the vanilla kernel.

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Power Button activating hibernate

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