Help with acpid.

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Trying to get suspend and stuff to work on my laptop. /var/run/acpid.socket is in use, and i was wondering how i could go about finding out exactly whats using it.

acpid --d -l   
⏎  
Deprecated /proc/acpi/event was not found. Trying netlink and the input layer...  
acpid: cannot open input layer  
inotify fd: 4  
inotify wd: 1  
netlink opened successfully  
acpid: can't open socket /var/run/acpid.socket: Address already in use  

edit: Could it be where i installed a full DE (cinnamon) and perhaps the application that handles these events for it is still installed and enabled? I removed cinnamon and most gnome dependencies and installed openbox.

Trying to get suspend and stuff to work on my laptop. /var/run/acpid.socket is in use, and i was wondering how i could go about finding out exactly whats using it.

acpid --d -l   
⏎  
Deprecated /proc/acpi/event was not found. Trying netlink and the input layer...  
acpid: cannot open input layer  
inotify fd: 4  
inotify wd: 1  
netlink opened successfully  
acpid: can't open socket /var/run/acpid.socket: Address already in use  

edit: Could it be where i installed a full DE (cinnamon) and perhaps the application that handles these events for it is still installed and enabled? I removed cinnamon and most gnome dependencies and installed openbox.

You can find what’s using this file by doing sth like this:

fuser /var/run/acpid.socket

You will see one or maybe bunch of pid numbers (programs that are using this particular file). Next step will show you their real names:

ps aux| grep pidnumber\_for\_previous\_step

Thank you. This is what i get when i run the first cmd.

sudo fuser /var/run/acpid.socket ⏎  
[sudo] password for james:   
/run/acpid.socket: 1 261  

I assumed the pid was the second number, so i did this:

ps aux| grep 261  
root 261 0.0 0.0 4240 844 ? Ss 12:26 0:00 /usr/bin/acpid -f  
james 679 0.0 0.0 10672 1092 pts/0 S+ 12:27 0:00 grep 261

root 261 0.0 0.0 4240 844 ? Ss 12:26 0:00 /usr/bin/acpid -f

So acpid is the process using the socket?

IMHO the answer is “yes”. Find out if [i:318muoz2]acpid.socket[/i:318muoz2] disappear when you stop acpi service daemon:

systemctl stop acpid

edit: ok i think i got it now, thanks for getting me this far, hopfully suspend will work if not im further now and should be able to figure it out.

sudo acpid --d -l ⏎  
Deprecated /proc/acpi/event was not found. Trying netlink and the input layer...  
input layer /dev/input/event0 (AT Translated Set 2 keyboard) opened successfully, fd 4  
input layer /dev/input/event10 (Video Bus) opened successfully, fd 5  
input layer /dev/input/event11 (Asus WMI hotkeys) opened successfully, fd 6  
input layer /dev/input/event2 (Logitech USB Receiver) opened successfully, fd 7  
input layer /dev/input/event3 (Lid Switch) opened successfully, fd 8  
input layer /dev/input/event4 (Sleep Button) opened successfully, fd 9  
input layer /dev/input/event5 (Power Button) opened successfully, fd 10  
input layer /dev/input/event6 (HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3) opened successfully, fd 11  
input layer /dev/input/event7 (HDA Intel PCH Headphone) opened successfully, fd 12  
input layer /dev/input/event8 (HDA Intel PCH Mic) opened successfully, fd 13  
inotify fd: 14  
inotify wd: 1  
netlink opened successfully  
acpid: starting up with netlink and the input layer  
parsing conf file /etc/acpi/events/anything  
acpid: 1 rule loaded  
acpid: waiting for events: event logging is on  
  

Ok - no problem. Good luck

@“matt_max”:1g2kpbdg said:

Ok - no problem. Good luck

I have, today actually, i’ll be going through it again until i can figure this out.

I haven’t had but one acpi/bios issue with my system with arch. That is the display brightness keys don’t work. I can adjust backlight using an applet or shell command and even assign a script to any other two buttons on the keyboard…just not the ones labeled for the task GRRRRR…The only distro that the keys work without fail is Ubuntu, and I cannot for the life of me figure out what kernel module is responsible. But bringing this back on topic (sorry lol)…compared to most I think our system is above average for acpi/bios compatibility

Since Dustin mentioned kernel modules, it may be a good idea for you both to install and try ‘linux-mainline’ from the AUR and test this situation on it.

You can also download a binary from here [url:cxyj6rdd]http://arch.miffe.org/[/url:cxyj6rdd] if interested.

You can also add this to your ‘pacman.conf’ to keep it up to date if you wish.

  
\# Prebuilt Kernel and others  
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll  
Server = http://arch.miffe.org/$arch  

May God guide your thoughts and your actions to help you.

I am not certain but I think I tried that kernel already. I tried so many things its hard to remember though lol. I did see the kernel Dell installs on their linux XPS laptop is in the AUR, I may give them both a go

@“MaNNa”:3mdfz61j said:

Since Dustin mentioned kernel modules, it may be a good idea for you both to install and try ‘linux-mainline’ from the AUR and test this situation on it.

You can also download a binary from here [url:3mdfz61j]http://arch.miffe.org/[/url:3mdfz61j] if interested.

You can also add this to your ‘pacman.conf’ to keep it up to date if you wish.

  
> \# Prebuilt Kernel and others  
> SigLevel = Optional TrustAll  
> Server = http://arch.miffe.org/$arch  
> 

May God guide your thoughts and your actions to help you.[/quote:3mdfz61j]

I got everything working now, im going to test the mainline kernel as well, since you posted a link to binary.

Mark topic as [b:2nwxijx7][SOLVED][/b:2nwxijx7] and describe what have you done. Maybe this will come in handy to someone else.