Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625712
Title:
Power button no longer opens interactive menu in Xenial
Status in gnome-settings-daemon:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
In gnome-shell, the hardware power button does not open the
interactive power menu. It sleeps the computer instead.
The configuration backend to customize this behaviour was intentionally
removed in commit [50564cde49ca2][1] (for [bug 753713][2]). After [some
discussion](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755953), it's returned
in [gnome-settings-daemon
3.20](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755953#c29).
Unfortunately, 3.20 is not in the [16.04 ubuntu
repos](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon)
(however there is a 3.20 release for Yakkety 16.10).
Can 3.20 be released in xenial-updates?
Removing this functionality is a disruptive change and it appears it
was introduced in the Xenial LTS release (3.17 was not in Wily). While
I understand gnome doesn't follow Ubuntu's stable release strategy and
this is one in a large system of applications, can we get gnome-
settings-daemon upgraded to 3.20 in Xenial?
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Use case scenarios for why this is disruptive:
* [Accidentally hitting the power
button](https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/3oddse/buttonpower_gone_in_318/cvwd2ho)
sleeps the computer without recourse. The interactive menu gives you 60
seconds to cancel.
* Laptops can already suspend when the lid is closed. While the power button
can be configured to hibernate instead of sleep, my laptop does not support
hibernate. Now I have a nonfunctional button (when configured to hibernate) or
two ways to do the same action.
* Laptops with low battery life cannot last long in suspend state. (And
again, hibernate does not always work.)
* The initial change was made to make the media buttons do what their labels
say, but the "power" button no longer controls powering off the machine.
Removing "shutdown" from the list of configurations is reasonable on
the grounds that it is destructive, but removing "interactive" doesn't
follow since it's the least destructive. The power button was the most
convenient way to invoke that menu.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Additional information:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-settings-daemon:
Installed: 3.18.2-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 3.18.2-0ubuntu3.1
Version table:
3.18.2-0ubuntu3.1 500
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
*** 3.18.2-0ubuntu3 500
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[1]:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/?id=50564cde49ca2
[2]: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753713
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