This may just be that your gconf got buggy some how. You can try resetting the gconf settings by following the instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager#Getting%20GConf%20values
I'll close this since it seems to be a configuration problem. If you'd like additional help with this, see the "answers" section of launchpad. Thanks for the report, and please post any additional bugs you find! On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:56 AM, A. Bram Neijt<[email protected]> wrote: > Upon futher investigation, settings are stored. The problem was specific to > which option I choose, the problem is an off by one thing. For "On Battery > Power", "Wehn laptop lid is closed" the options are: > Blank Screen > Suspend > Hibernate > Shutdown > > If I choose Hibernate, --verbose shows > - Changing /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery to suspend > choosing shutdown shows hibernate, suspend shows blank, blank shows "nothing". > > So the option choices are just off-by one and my choice seemed to be > ignored but was really stored as the option above it. Soo, choosing > Hibernate sets it to suspend. This choice is reflected the next time I > open gnome-power-preferences, so it is actually stored. The option box > is just off-by-one. Every time I open the application, it loads the > options, showing what I chooce -1, saving it on close as shown -1 again, > so opening closing, opening will -1 the option also. For some reason > hibernate seems to be a default becuase opening and closing a few times > seems to have it end up with hibernate. > > If I set it to hibernate, verifying with --verbose that it actually sets > it to suspend, everything works normaly. So the option is stored and > acted upon correctly. This bug is merely an interface problem. > > -- > [karmic] gnome-power-preferences not storing settings > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407491 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager > > Actions: > Open gnome-power-preferences > Change settings > Close gnome-power-preferences > > Result: > Power management does not follow the set options. Opening the preference > window again, shows the settings according to some default and do not reflect > the choices I made earlier. > > Expected result: > The settings should have been stored in the configuration. > > The attached log shows the output of: > gnome-power-preferences --verbose > attached_file.log > gnome-power-preferences --verbose >> attached_file.log > > It seems like the settings are not properly stored and/or reset on opening > the application. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Fri Jul 31 22:29:36 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > Package: gnome-power-manager 2.27.2+git20090729-0ubuntu2 > ProcEnviron: > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic > SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64 > ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- [karmic] gnome-power-preferences not storing settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407491 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
