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

 

Am 26.05.2010 20:08, schrieb Zeraxeal:
> The thing is, power button (and suspend button for that matter) works as it
> should when the option is set to hibernate, shutdown or suspend. This
> problem only occurs when the option is set to 'Ask me'.
> 
> Although editing openbox config file will definitely solve this problem,
> shouldn't we be able to have that option configurable in the power manager
> in the first place? Especially when all of the other options work as
> intended.

I think it needs a patch then for the power manager to detect lxde and
then choose the right dialog to show, when the power button is pressed.
It would be better to have an lxde specialized power manager.

> 
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 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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