acpi-eeepc-generic

Simple ACPI event handler for the EeePC line:

• Model agnostic
• Many On Screen Display (OSD) options:
• libnotify (GTK)
• knotify (KDE)
• dzen2
• none
• Allow multiple commands to be executed for a single keypress
• Depends only on vanilla kernel features ("eeepc_laptop" and "rfkill" kernel module): no need to use a custom kernel or hacked kernel module. Should be present in vanilla kernel (tested with 2.6.28.*)
• Helper scripts for:
• Suspend to ram
• Wifi on/off
• Bluetooth on/off (full support with 2.6.29 or patches, see here)
• Synaptics touchpad on/off
• Rotate screen
• Change LVDS resolution (all supported resolution for your screen)
• Change between LVDS, VGA or both (clone)
• When both bluetooth and wireless are disabled, the blue "wireless" led turns off.
• Suspend is disable if:
• desktop shortcut (.desktop) is used to toggle
• some processes are running (can be changed in configuration file)

Supported models: 700, 701, 900, 900A, 901, 904HD, S101, 1000, 1000H, 1000HD, 1000HE, 1005HA, 1005-HA-H, 1005PE, 1008HA, 1201N, T91MT

Developed for ArchLinux, it should work on any distribution where ACPI works. It would need repackaging though which I can't provide. It sure is a simple task though: acpi-eeepc-generic is written in bash.

See http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23318

Development has switched to GitHub: http://github.com/nbigaouette/acpi-eeepc-generic

Screenshots

Using KDE's knotify/kdialog:

Using GTK's libnotify (under KDE):

Changelog

0.9.2-1 (2009 04 14)

• Switching to VT1 should not be needed for suspending to ram (option in config file to get back switching)
• Configuration of different XRandR modes (Any combinations of clone, VGA only or both)
• Catch (useless) events generated by suspending to prevent notifications
• X access control disabling has been removed (should not be necessary)
• OSD duration now configurable
• Many fix and cleanups in the handler script
• Fix dzen notifications (delays)
• Fix notifications by quoting text
• Added modules for madwifi and intel (4965 and such)
• Modules loading and unloading functions
• Use SAVED_STATES in device_restore()
• Use "eval" to evaluate calls in variables
• Fix wifi/wlan name problems
• Harmonization of events files
• Many other small fixes and cleanups

0.9.1-1 (2009 04 02)

• Fix a bug in generic toggling where a device was always detected as being up.

0.9.0-1 (2009 03 31)

• Changed to GPL3
• New model supported: 1000HE
• Added a script to toggle webcam
• Added a script to toggle between laptop screen and/or external monitor
• Unification of wifi, bluetooth and webcam toggle script.
• Refactoring of some devices (wifi & bluetooth) status detection

0.8.1-1 (2009 02 22)

• Fix: acpid-ted1 reports different events then extra/acpid (power button, sleep button)
• Removed everything /proc/acpi (which is deprecated) related (except lid state, still not ported to /sys)
• Small fix in wifi toggle
• Better user autodetection. Should be more reliable
• Small fixes and cleanups

0.8.0-1 (2009 02 19)

• Wifi toggle events corrected for 901 and 900A
• Updated and fixed user autodetection
• Execute command as user by putting a "@" in front of the command in the configuration file
• Don't do anything nor notify if volume is at 100% and volume up is pressed. Same thing for 0% and volume down, and same thing for brightness too.
• Execute "xhost +" and "xhost -" before and after a key press.
• More verbose KEYSHOW
• Work began on automatic display toggle using xrandr
• Before restoring touchpad, check if X is running
• Hide cursor when disabling cursor (needs "unclutter" from AUR)
• Refactoring of wifi and bluetooth toggle. Mainly simpler if/then/else
• Many small fixes

0.7.0-2 (2009 02 06)

• Fixed md5sum

0.7.0-1 (2009 02 03)

• New restore feature: you can restore hardware states on boot with "eeepc-restore" in your DAEMONS array. Support wifi, bluetooth, brightness and touchpad (touchpad might not work)
• Refactoring of OSD functions
• New OSD possibility: dzen2
• New suspension lock: execute that script and it will toggle a lock, preventing suspension from happening. There is a .desktop file for it too.
• External monitor toggling script

0.6.3-1 (2009 01 27) Changelog:

• Mainly fixes
• New acpi event for 'processor' (prevents OSD when waking up)
• bluetooth icon
• test for deprecated radio control just in case
• OSD display of suspend blacklisted processes

0.6.2-1 (2009 01 26)

• Fix CPU autodetection
• Added --no-desktop to pcmanfm
• Print warning if shm is disabled
• Display warning for 20sec if user has not reviewed the configuration file
• Fix OSD notify for certain key press (power, suspend)
• Fix suspend's processes blacklist check

0.6-1 (2009 01 25)

• A lot of bluetooth fix
• Possibility to use "kdialog" instead of libnotify. This also opens the door to many different OSD.

0.5-1 (2009 01 25)

• Initial support for bluetooth toggling. Please test and report!

0.4-1 (2009 01 25)

• Changed 'toggle' script's name
• Added a touchpad toggle
• Added a resolution toggle script
• Refactoring of the get_model function
• No need anymore to source the configuration file, only the function file

0.3.3.1-1 (2009 01 24)

• Corrected a bug where XUSER was still used instead of user.

0.3.3-1 (2009 01 24)

• Default to just shut down screen when lid close on AC
• New user autodection
• More information/comments for users in the configuration file and at installation.
• New debug for wifi. As root, execute this: /etc/acpi/eeepc/acpi-eeepc-generic-wifi-toggle.sh debug

It should print some info that you can paste if there is a problem. It should also show a window with text "Can you see this?". If you do, then the OSD should work.

0.3.2-1 (2009 01 22)

• Wifi/Bluetooth toggle: verify if rfkill switch really exist before access
• Fix md5dums

0.3.1-1 (2009 01 22)

• Wifi toggle: Don't fail if rfkill switch does not exist

0.3-3 (2009 01 22)

• Added a conflicts=() array to prevent installation with other ACPI packages from AUR.

0.3-2 (2009 01 22)

• More information on install/upgrade

0.3-1 (2009 01 22)

• Import/Fix of some ACPI events from other packages for models other then the 1000
• I started working on bluetooth support. I just don't know how it works.

0.2-4 (2009 01 21)

• Forgot dmidecode dependency

0.2 (2009 01 21)

• Backup of the right file (etc/conf.d/acpi-eeepc-generic.conf)
• New model supported: 700, 701, 900, 900A, 901, 904HD, S101, 1000, 1000H, 1000HD

0.1.1 (2009 01 20)

• A forgoten "exit 0" prevented the script "acpi-eeepc-generic-suspend2ram.sh" to suspend.