My laptop (IBM T-42p) suffers from this bug right now. Edgy beta, gpm v. 2.16.1-0ubuntu1. While trying to fix it, I've just found something rather startling...
- When I use the Ubuntu-compiled gpm, it never works. - When I compile the Ubuntu sources myself, it works! But there's a catch... First, establish that Ubuntu's package never works: 0. killall gnome-power-manager 1. gnome-power-manager --no-daemon --verbose The output demonstrates that gpm definitely sees the power button press and calls gnome_client_request_save. No matter how many times you push the button, the push is noticed but nothing happens. Now, watch a self-compiled package work but miss the first button push. 0. killall gnome-power-manager 1. apt-get source gnome-power-manager 2. cd gnome-power-manager-2.16.1 3. ./configure; make 4. cd src 5. ./gnome-power-manager --no-daemon --verbose Push the button once. Nothing happens. Now push it again. It works! The shutdown dialog appears and everything works hunky-dory. Push it again. It continues working. After the first failure, it works all the time. If you kill and restart ./gnome-power-manager, it fails once as before, then works all the time. This is 100% reproducible on my machine. It doesn't appear to matter whether the self-compiled gpm is running as a daemon or not. Either way, it misses the first button push, then notices every push after that. NOTE: I have set "General -> When power button is pressed" to "Ask Me" because that's the only mode that I find useful. NOTE2: it takes my computer a 3-count before it notices a push on the power button. This is disturbing because a 4-count causes it to power off immediately. It would be nice if gpm could provide more immediate feedback. I wonder if this causes some people to think that it's not working at all -- they're just not pushing the button for long enough. If anyone can suggest code modifications to try, I'm happy to give them a whirl. I'm getting somewhat familiar with this bit of code... -- regression: pressing power button no longer brings up logout dialog https://launchpad.net/bugs/57872 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
