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[Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

2013/10/28 John Hupp <lubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> The work-around sort of works for me (changing Menu > Preferences > Default
> Applications for LXsession > Power Manager: auto, to Power Manager: Other:
> xfce4-power-manager, then Apply and Reboot).
>
> But I found that it had to be applied *for each user*.
>
> -------------------------
>
> And a further problem: I like to set the action for pressing the Power
> button to Shutdown, but that option is not currently offered for either of
> the two existing users.
>
> When I first ran into this problem (encountering the "Power Manager is not
> running" sort of prompt, and choosing Run), I found that sometimes the
> Shutdown choice *was* offered, and I set it then for both users.
>
> It seems that pressing the Power button usually produces a shutdown now, but
> I think that at least on one occasion doing so in a session with the second
> user produced the prompt that one would see when setting that choice to Ask
> rather than Shutdown.
>
> --------------------------
>
> And related: Federico, I note in a comment on Bug 1242452:
>
> I was troubleshooting another Autostart problem (with SpiderOak online
> backup) and was looking for Preferences-->Desktop Session Settings, but find
> that it is not present.
>
> My current assumption is that Preferences-->Default Applications for
> LXSession somehow incorporates and replaces Desktop Session Settings, but I
> have not figured out how to use it for that purpose yet.
>
> Or its absence is also a bug.
>
> This machine has a fresh full install of Saucy.  Federico, did you *upgrade*
> to Saucy and perhaps thereby preserve Desktop Session Settings?
>
> [This behavior may deserve a separate thread.]
>
> --------------------------
>
> I'll post separately about the SpiderOak problem, though it seems related.
>

Nope, I'm on a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10. For sure the default
application for Lxsession and the desktop session settings are
overlapping. I'll dig too on bug 1242452 to see if I find something
useful.

F.