[Bug 899008] [NEW] Asus touchpad disabling doesn't work. Found the error in getXconsole.

[Vegard Loekken]

Public bug reported:

After following the trace of my /etc/acpi/asus-touchpad.sh, I found that
the error was in the getXconsole function of /usr/share/acpi-support
/power-funcs.

When asus-touchpad.sh is runned, it is runned as root (understandably),
but that makes this line fail:

displaynum=`ps t tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`

since that only gets root's processes.

I changed it to:

displaynum=`ps at tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`

and now it works like a charm.

Just thaught I should mention it, so that the authors can fix it, but
also so that other users with the same problem can fix it themself.

Extra information:
Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
Release:	11.10

acpi-support:
 *** 0.138 0
        500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

** Affects: acpi-support (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Asus touchpad disabling doesn't work. Found the error in getXconsole.

Status in “acpi-support” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After following the trace of my /etc/acpi/asus-touchpad.sh, I found
  that the error was in the getXconsole function of /usr/share/acpi-
  support/power-funcs.

  When asus-touchpad.sh is runned, it is runned as root
  (understandably), but that makes this line fail:

  displaynum=`ps t tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`

  since that only gets root's processes.

  I changed it to:

  displaynum=`ps at tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X
  .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`

  and now it works like a charm.

  Just thaught I should mention it, so that the authors can fix it, but
  also so that other users with the same problem can fix it themself.

  Extra information:
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

  acpi-support:
   *** 0.138 0
          500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

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