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*                      README for acpid                   *
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*  Daemon for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface  *
*  Tim Hockin                                             *
*      <sunthockin@users.sourceforge.net> or              *
*      <thockin@users.sourceforge.net> or                 *
*      <thockin@hockin.org>                               *
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May 13, 2003

Overview
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ACPID used to try to handle events internally.  Rather than try to climb an
ever-growing mountain, ACPID now lets YOU define what events to handle.  Any
event that publishes itself to /proc/acpi/event can be handled.

ACPID reads a set of configuration files which define event->action pairs.
This is how you make it do stuff. See the man page for details.

Implementation status
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This version should have complete support for generic handling of events.

Requirements
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Please make sure you are using the latest ACPI code possible. This is
available from http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm .

The ACPI kernel driver should be working on your system before trying ACPID.
Verify ACPI is loaded by verifying the existence of /proc/acpi/event.

Compiling ACPID
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type "make"
