--- acpid-1.0.4/acpid.h
+++ acpid-1.0.4/acpid.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define ACPI_EVENTFILE		ACPI_PROCDIR "/event"
 #define ACPI_CONFDIR		"/etc/acpi/events"
 #define ACPI_LOGFILE		"/var/log/acpid"
-#define ACPI_SOCKETFILE		"/var/run/acpid.socket"
+#define ACPI_SOCKETFILE		"/tmp/acpid.socket"
 #define ACPI_SOCKETMODE		0666
 #define ACPI_MAX_ERRS		5