[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#595384: Bug#595384: acpi-support-base: use consolekit to determine whether sessions are still open on powerdown/etc.

[Michael Meskes]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 02:29:22AM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Checked it again, and indeed it was running,.. nut sure why I haven't
> seen it last time (I did ps),...
> Nevertheless, this one is invoked by gdm3 itself, so I guess it's simply
> not really possible to use gnome-power-manager to check whether one is
> logged on or not... (it might not be installed anyway).

The reason for this check is not to find out if somebody is logged on, but to
see if any software is running that is supposed to react on the power button.
Acpi-support is only the last resort, it is supposed to react on it if nobody
else can.

Michael
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