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regarding gnome-power-manager: does not OBEY USER by policy
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Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.24.4-2
Severity: important
gnome-power-manager does not trust or obey me, the computer user. It
says it blocks my actions by "policy".
How to reproduce:
1. Start playing a song in rhythmbox (0.12.1-1)
2 alt. Press the power button (aliased to Suspend in gnome-power-manager)
2 alt. Select Shut Down -> then Suspend from the GNOME menu
2 alt. Close the laptop lid
What happens:
Gnome-power-manager tells me my music player has stopped this action by
policy.
If my laptop lid is closed, I don't see this warning. I still hear the
music though.
What should happen:
The computer should obey my wishes. Suspend. Stop playing music if it
has to.
What if a quiet part of some extra track is playing? I close the lid?
The computer is not going to sleep and I'm not going to notice! Does the
same thing happen when playing some movie in the background with muted
sound?
I don't want my computer to die from overheating when closed.
Gnome-power-manager should work with me here; A fundamental rule for
any free software project is to put the user in control.
-- Package-specific info:
Distro version: squeeze/sid
Kernel version: 2.6.27-rc8fastboot
g-p-m version: 2.24.4
HAL version: 0.5.12
System manufacturer: missing
System version: missing
System product: missing
AC adapter present: yes
Battery present: yes
Laptop panel present: yes
CPU scaling present: yes
Battery Information:
battery.charge_level.current = 875 (0x36b) (int)
battery.charge_level.design = 1075 (0x433) (int)
battery.charge_level.last_full = 1075 (0x433) (int)
battery.charge_level.percentage = 81 (0x51) (int)
battery.charge_level.rate = 417 (0x1a1) (int)
battery.is_rechargeable = true (bool)
battery.present = true (bool)
battery.rechargeable.is_charging = true (bool)
battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false (bool)
battery.remaining_time = 1726 (0x6be) (int)
battery.technology = 'unknown' (string)
battery.type = 'primary' (string)
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
HAL Process Information:
104 1709 0.0 0.5 8460 4024 ? Ss Jun28 3:04 /usr/sbin/hald
root 1797 0.0 0.1 4024 1328 ? S Jun28 0:00 \_ hald-runner
root 1828 0.0 0.1 4164 1220 ? S Jun28 1:07 \_ hald-ad
root 1856 0.0 0.1 4168 1192 ? S Jun28 0:48 \_ hald-ad
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc8fastboot
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii consolekit 0.3.0-2 framework for defining and trackin
ii dbus-x11 1.2.12-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii gconf2 2.26.2-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii hal 0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.12-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgconf2-4 2.26.2-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-key 2.26.1-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome2-0 2.26.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgstreamer 0.10.23-1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnotify1 [ 0.4.5-1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libpanel-app 2.24.3-1+b1 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0- 1.24.0-3+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.1-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-2 X11 RandR extension library
ii notification 0.4.0-1 a daemon that displays passive pop
gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.
gnome-power-manager suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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