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[Jeff Lane <jeffrey.lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why should a user have to install gnome-tweak (assuming they knew what
gnome-tweak was to begin with)?

This was easily configurable previously, someone just decided that users
wouldn't want to actually prevent their system from suspending when the
lid is closed.

But expecting the majority of users to start editing config files
manually, or intuiting that there's something called "gnome-tweak" that
will allow them to actually configure the power settings on their system
isn't a proper solution for an OS geared towards the masses.

To be honest, I'm NOT a typical user, and this is really the first time
I've ever heard of gnome-tweak myself.

Is there any benefit to NOT allowing users to configure this behaviour
in the system configuration tools that ship with Ubuntu?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792636

Title:
  Power section no longer allows configuration of "when the lid is
  closed" action in Oneiric

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

  In Natty I was able to configure what happens when the laptop lid was
  closed. Now that option doesn't exist in the power settings.

  I tried to set the following gconf options to "nothing", but they had no immediate effect:
  /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery
  /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_ac

  It would be helpful to know a temporary workaround as I close my
  laptop all the time but I never suspend/hibernate it.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.0.2-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun  3 20:06:37 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-03 (0 days ago)

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