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TechMage89

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Registered: 2008-09-16

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Gnome-power-manager fails to shutdown on power button press

The title pretty much describes it.

Here's the last two lines of my log after I press the power button:

Sep 16 16:05:56 myhost gnome-power-manager: (paul) Shutting down computer. Reason: The power button has been pressed.
Sep 16 16:06:02 myhost logger: PowerButton pressed: PWRF

Any thoughts on the problem?

piotrk

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From: Raciążek/Poland

Registered: 2008-09-16

Posts: 52

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Re: Gnome-power-manager fails to shutdown on power button press

try add to kernel:

acpi=off

or

noapic

or

nolapic

Are you using a distribution kernel?or your kernel?

TechMage89

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Registered: 2008-09-16

Posts: 3

Re: Gnome-power-manager fails to shutdown on power button press

Doesn't exactly work... sure pressing the power button shuts off the machine, but it's a hard power-down, and drives don't get unmounted or gnome-session saved. Also, it makes a bunch of power management stuff not work. I want gnome-power-manager to be able to control what happens when I hit the power button.

Oh, and I am using a distro kernel.

Last edited by TechMage89 (2008-09-20 19:23:30)

TechMage89

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Registered: 2008-09-16

Posts: 3

Re: Gnome-power-manager fails to shutdown on power button press

Sorry for the double post but this problem remains. Does anyone have anything further to say?

freakcode

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From: São Paulo - Brazil

Registered: 2007-11-03

Posts: 410

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Re: Gnome-power-manager fails to shutdown on power button press

Add your user to the "power" group.

gpasswd -a <user> power