Bug#586685: gdm3: User's .Xauthority file is ignored

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 07 décembre 2010 à 22:24 +0100, Mikael Berthe a écrit : 
> This change also breaks the acpi stuff...  In the acpi-support-base
> package, the file /usr/share/acpi-support/power-funcs assumes
> XAUTHORITY=$userhome/.Xauthority
> 
> I don't know if it's a bug in the acpi-support-base scripts or in
> gdm3, but it breaks power saving when my laptop's lid is closed
> here... :/

It is a bug in acpi-support-base, which should definitely not use the
display, not being part of the user’s session.

If you want to support lid close, the only thing you need is a power
management daemon.

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