Dear Ingo, On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 08:28:02PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Job Snijders wrote on Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 03:12:10PM +0000: > > I'm tweaking how my laptop behaves depending on whether it is > > pluggde into AC or not. Any hints or alternative suggestions are > > welcome. This is my config: /etc/sensorsd.conf: > > > > acpiac0.indicator0:command=/etc/sensorsd/ac_power %2 > > I am using: > > hw.sensors.acpiac0.indicator0:low=1:command=/etc/sensorsd/acpiac %2 %3 %4 > > The "%3 %4" is just useful for debugging, you don't need it. > But are you sure you can omit "hw.sensors."? > The sensorsd.conf(5) manual only says: > > Sensors may be specified by their full hw.sensors sysctl(8) > variable name or by type, with the full name taking precedence. > > The string "acpiac0.indicator0" seems to be neither.
I tried both fully qualified and shortened, and based on your email also with "low=1". Still the event doesn't fire reliably. > > echo $1 >> /root/test > > Using logger(1) might feel more professional ;-) For example, i'm > using: > > logger -p daemon.info -t acpiac status=$1 low=$2 high=$3 Thank you, that is indeed a better approach :) Kind regards, Job
