Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (818 mails)

[Holger Macht <hmacht@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun 26. Oct - 12:04:35, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> nordi wrote:
> > Vincent Untz wrote:
> > > gnome-power-manager has some inhibit mechanisms. This means an
> > > application can say "don't suspend" (eg, when you're burning a CD). And
> > > the user can also control this with an applet.
> >
> > But if the user does not expect the system to shutdown he will not
> > change any settings and might be very annoyed the first time that
> > happens. So it should at least be mentionned in the release notes or,
> > even better, be switched off for openSuse, just as suggested in the bug
> > report.
>
> Absolutely. I was quite "disturbed", and I'd be very annoyed if it
> weren't factory.
>
> > I also doubt that apache, gcc/make or $favoriteP2Pclient are capable of
> > telling Gnome to leave the computer running. Even if a application can
> > do that, can a KDE application tell Gnome, can a Gnome application tell
> > KDE to not shut down the system?
>
> Absolutely.
>
> This thing needs a module in Yast.

Not necessarily. Someone who uses openSUSE in an advanced way should be
able to do advanced things. Like editing the PolicyKit configuration with
vi.

Regards,
        Holger
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