How to generate /etc/default/acpi-support?

[Mumia W.]

On 07/27/2008 10:08 PM, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> I lost the above file (don't ask).  I reinstalled the package; still no file.  
> I tried dpkg --configure; it returned "already installed and configured".  I 
> tried /etc/init.d/acpi-support stop/start; it returned "/etc/acpi/power.sh: 
> line 3: /etc/default/acpi-support: No such file or directory".  I rebooted, 
> hoping the file would be generated; still no file.  How do I get it back?
> 

Manually download the .deb from an Ubuntu repository and extract the 
package contents into a temporary directory using "dpkg -x 
acpi-support"; you should find the file in the expected location: 
./etc/default/acpi-support.