[arch-general] :: Starting acpid -- acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy

[David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.]

Listmates,

I am chasing down an issue with the radeonhd driver to force 
downclocking of 
the gpu. In my Xog.0.log I am receiving the message:

(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)

I have installed acpid, but acpid will not start and gives the 
following 
error:

[10:24 alchemy:/home/david] # /etc/rc.d/acpid start
:: Starting acpid [BUSY] 
acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy
  [FAIL]

What's the trick with acpid?


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Re: [arch-general] :: Starting acpid -- acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy

[Damjan Georgievski]

        I have installed acpid, but acpid will not start and gives the 
 following
 error:

 [10:24 alchemy:/home/david] # /etc/rc.d/acpid start
 :: Starting acpid                                                     [BUSY]
 acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy
                                                                      [FAIL]

        What's the trick with acpid?

AFAIK you need to start it before hal (or maybe some other program
that opens it).

you can of course check with lsof /proc/acpi/event  what's holding it open.

-- 
damjan