Package: acpi-support Version: 0.129-1 Severity: wishlist Hi ACPI team,
This likely reflects confusion on my part; please let me know. I am a fan of the ability of Debian systems to cleanly shut down when the "off" button is pressed. I believe you are the ones to thank for this, so thank you. Recently, I was surprised to learn upstream considers these scripts a deprecated temporary solution: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux/+bug/217504/comments/82 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux/+bug/217504/comments/91 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting?action=diff&rev2=31&rev1=30 So, a few questions: 1. What is the suggested replacement for these scripts? I know the hotkey events should be being generated by in-kernel drivers, but what process should respond to pressing the power button and tell init? (Maybe this is gnome-power-manager. In that case, I guess a separate bug is needed, requesting a gnome-power-manager-light build depending on hal, dbus, libnotify, and no other X-related libraries.) 2. Would it be possible to direct users better in the package description? I am imagining a notice somewhat along these lines: This package is meant as a temporary solution to problems in other packages. For suspend and hibernate support (even without X), see gnome-power-manager. Laptop hotkeys should generate key press events nowadays even without this package; try it with ‘xev’ and see the ‘udev’ documentation if this is not working. Looking forward to your thoughts, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org