Thanks for your testing and finding this bug. I can confirm that this bug exists in Karmic.
Steps to reproduce: Karmic Live CD (Power Manager Inhibit Applet version 2.27.1) Add "Power Manager Inhibit Applet" to the top panel click on the icon what happens: nothing what should happen: the icon adds a red circle with a line through indicating that the inhibit applet is active. ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- inhibit applet not working after upgrade to karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389857 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs