83mercedes Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Got 9.1 installed fairly smoothly, but when booting, the message 'cannot load acpi daemon' comes up, then the system seems to work fine. Can somebody tell me what that is, what it does, or anything? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 It's power control, generally for laptops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Thanks,,, so I guess it's not needed on a PC, so can I disable it or whatever? So it won't keep trying to load? Or should I just leave it alone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 urpmi acpid will install it and you can then turn it on and off mcc>System>Services. If the kernel is looking for it there's probably a reason....or maybe not. I'd remember when it's being asked for>install it and look there again to see if it gives any output as to why. The app itself gives you some control over how the kernel communicates with your acpi/bios. I never got a message but I tried it and didn't notice or see anything diff. I don't have a laptop either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 [bvc@localhost bvc]$ urpmf --description acpidacpid:description:The ACPI specification defines power and system management functions acpid:description:for each computer, in a generic manner. The ACPI daemon coordinates acpid:description:the management of power and system functions when ACPI kernel [bvc@localhost bvc]$ urpmf --summary acpid acpid:summary:ACPI kernel daemon and control utility [bvc@localhost bvc]$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 I mentioned laptops because battery monitors and whatnot use it, but it's not strictly for laptops. Here's what my system says about it: sh-2.05b$ gaze what acpid ACPID is a completely flexible, totally extensible daemon for delivering ACPI events. It listens on a file (/proc/acpi/event) and when an event occurs, executes programs to handle the event. The programs it executes are configured through a set of configuration files, which can be dropped into place by packages or by the admin. And here's what make menuconfig says: CONFIG_ACPI: x x x x ACPI/OSPM support for Linux is currently under development. As such, x x this support is preliminary and EXPERIMENTAL. Configuring ACPI x x support enables kernel interfaces that allow higher level software x x (OSPM) to manipulate ACPI defined hardware and software interfaces, x x including the evaluation of ACPI control methods. If unsure, choose x x N here. Note, this option will enlarge your kernel by about 120K. x x x x This support requires an ACPI compliant platform (hardware/firmware). x x If both ACPI and Advanced Power Management (APM) support are x x configured, whichever is loaded first shall be used. x x x x This code DOES NOT currently provide a complete OSPM implementation x x -- it has not yet reached APM's level of functionality. When fully x x implemented, Linux ACPI/OSPM will provide a more robust functional x x replacement for legacy configuration and power management x x interfaces, including the Plug-and-Play BIOS specification (PnP x x BIOS), the Multi-Processor Specification (MPS), and the Advanced x x Power Management specification (APM). x x x x Linux support for ACPI/OSPM is based on Intel Corporation's ACPI x x Component Architecture (ACPI CA). The latest ACPI CA source code, x x documentation, debug builds, and implementation status information x x can be downloaded from: x x <http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm>. x x x x The ACPI Sourceforge project may also be of interest: x x <http://sf.net/projects/acpi/> x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 In my /etc/lilo.conf file (boot manager) image=/boot/vmlinuz label="Mandrake91" root=/dev/hdc7 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" vga=788 read-only See the acpi=off flag? Wonder if all you have to do is make sure you have that. Remember to su to root and type lilo to process the change.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Thanks for all your responses... cannonfodder, I went to mandrake control center, boot, configure, and changed that setting to 'on', and now when it boots up I can see that it is loaded. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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