[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#595384: gnome-power-manager started by gdm3?

[Michael Meskes]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:29:08AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> The solution for this problem is for the gnome-power-manager instance in
> the gdm session to handle the power button correctly. I don’t know why
> it doesn’t, I’ll have a look.

Thanks. So I take it this is a problem with gdm3. I'll reassign the bug
accordingly. Should you find a problem with acpi-support feel free to
reassign back.

> I also agree with the reporter: checking for running power managers is
> just a hack, and you should use ConsoleKit instead. But this won’t solve

I don't see how this could be a hack. The script is not trying to findout if
somebody is logged in, it couldn't care less. All it needs to fnd out is
whether some other software is running that is supposed to handle the power
button and if so don't react on it itself. If somebody is loggedinto X but not
running a power manager the acpi-support script is supposed to take action on
pressing the power button.

Michael

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