Noel: thanks for providing this applet replacement - its a shame I wasn't aware of this before. Due to this and a few other issues I migrated my laptop to KDE on Fedora so this issue is no longer relevant for me.
That being said, I tested this applet on my desktop running Oneiric with "Gnome Classic" session, and it looks to be working fine for inhibiting the screen lock. I of course couldn't test the laptop lid action which is what I was interested in the first place, and also the UI is not as simple as the original inhibit applet - It would have been great if the icon would update to show some icon other then the "inhibiting" icon when there are no inhibiting options enabled. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389857 Title: inhibit applet does not inhibit some user initiated events Status in Gnome Powermanager: New Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: With the inhibit applet enabled (using the patched version from upstream, see linked ppa below): 1) does the screen blank when power preferences is set to blank it? (no) 2) does it suspend at the time set in power preferences? (no) 3) can you manually shutdown? (no) 4) can you manually suspend? (yes) 5) can you manually switch users, log off, hibernate? (yes, no, yes) 6) on lid close, does it suspend? (yes) 7) on lid close,does it shutdown? (yes) The inhibit applet is intended to inhibit auto-power saving. However, inhibiting manual events is useful, especially if you just want to close your laptop to walk between rooms without losing an internet connect, for example. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-power/+bug/389857/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp