On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > I'm running an NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] add-on video card on 32-bit > Gentoo with xorg-server-1.13.0-r1. It appears to be looking for acpid, > according to the Xorg.0.log. "rc-update show" doesn't show anything > resembling acpid. Would this have any impact on X performance or > stability? It appears to run OK. > > This message occurs early in Xorg.0.log. > ======================================================================== > [199617.576] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or > dire ctory) > ======================================================================== > > > This message occurs late in Xorg.0.log. > ======================================================================== > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event > daemon; the daemon > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set > correctly. When the > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X > driver will > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event > notifications. For > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in > Appendix B: X > [199617.910] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README. > ========================================================================
It's not necessary for the drivers to run. The in-tree ebuild even has an acpi USE flag to pull acpid if required, but (AFAICS), it doesn't do anything in either case. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
