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Re: 'Ask me' option in power management preferences doesn't not open the logout dialog

 

Am 26.05.2010 17:08, schrieb Zeraxeal:
> Although the problem seems to be tied with gnome-power-manager, I'll post
> here since it is used as the default power manager.
> 
> The default option for 'Action when power button is pressed' is 'Ask me',
> which usually brings out the logout dialog of GNOME desktop.
> However, this option does not do anything in Lubuntu - the LXDE logout
> dialog does not appear.
> 
> The other options, such as hibernate, suspend and shutdown, work as they
> should, so I don't think the problem lies with the kernel or the power
> button.
> 
> 
> 
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For the powerbutton to do anything, capture the keycode with xev (run it
in terminal and press the button, it will give you a keycode).
With the keycode you can then link the appropiate key to the lxde-logout
executable from within openbox configuration file.



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