acpid-1.0.1-r1 does not work because the optimizations during compiling break it. Recommend reverting to acpid-1.0.1-r0. I reported this a very long time ago. See bug 8976. I post it again because nobody responded (after 5 months). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Compile acpid on x86 2. Comfigure the daemon for my system 3. Start the daemon 4. Press power button Actual Results: nothing Expected Results: shotdown now # emerge info Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.5.64 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/var/distfiles" PKGDIR="/var/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups gif jpeg libg++ libwww mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline tcltk java X sdl tcpd pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk opengl cdr -3dnow acpi -arts -encode -gnome -gpm gtk2 -kde -motif -qt -qtmt -svga" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.nl.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
sorry about that sybren. Removed the broken ebuild and updated 1.0.2 to reflect the normal build steps.