--- event.c.orig
+++ event.c
@@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ acpid_read_conf(const char *confdir)
 
 		/* skip any files that don't match the run-parts convention */
 		if (regexec(&preg, dirent->d_name, 0, NULL, 0) != 0) {
-			acpid_log(LOG_INFO, "skipping conf file %s/%s\n", 
+			if(strcmp(dirent->d_name, ".") != 0 &&
+			   strcmp(dirent->d_name, "..") != 0) {
+				acpid_log(LOG_INFO, "skipping conf file %s/%s\n", 
 				confdir, dirent->d_name);
+			}
 			continue;
 		}