Bug#542099: gdm: power management not configurable on login screen

[Sven Arvidsson]

tags 542099 + fixed-upstream
thanks

On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 12:55 -0700, John-Marc Chandonia wrote:
> gdm should interact with gnome-power-manager to allow different
> power management policies to be configured for the login screen.
> For example, I want my laptop to suspend when the lid is closed
> and running on battery power, but I just want the screen to blank
> when the lid is closed when running on AC.
> 
> Ideally, power management settings for the login screen should be 
> configurable from the gdmsetup menu.  If not, maybe the settings of a 
> user (e.g., root) could be used instead.

gdm 2.22 (and upwards) integrates with g-p-m. 

It seems to be packaged in pkg-gnome svn but it's yet to be uploaded, so
I guess it's not ready yet?

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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