From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Brian J. Murrell" Subject: Re: closing lid on laptop suspends it Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:17:13 -0500 Message-ID: <1267013831.21643.199.camel@pc.interlinx.bc.ca> References: <1265718787.2459.56.camel@pc.interlinx.bc.ca> <4B76EFF8.6000108@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-FZEf1+mBnzsI5Ps8RAFQ" Return-path: Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52177 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756449Ab0BXMRc (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:17:32 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NkGBF-0000M3-8v for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:17:29 +0100 Received: from d67-193-197-208.home3.cgocable.net ([67.193.197.208]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:17:29 +0100 Received: from brian by d67-193-197-208.home3.cgocable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:17:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4B76EFF8.6000108@gmail.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org --=-FZEf1+mBnzsI5Ps8RAFQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 12:31 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:=20 >=20 > I suspect there's some power management task running even before login=20 > that's using some default preferences. The kernel doesn't trigger a=20 > suspend by itself. Just to tie up loose ends, yes, indeed, it was a power manager, gnome-power-manager, started by gdm that was at fault here. The problem is that the default policy for g-p-m is to suspend on lid close, even when plugged into AC. One has to jump through a hoop or two to change the gdm user's policy so that it overrides the default policy. Thanx for the help! b. --=-FZEf1+mBnzsI5Ps8RAFQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkuFGMYACgkQl3EQlGLyuXB1OACffnKv3S3OOH5qOJJQJ1y80PWx bdsAoMC8AkIfzAD9gaVmDgAXf/UcI5ek =ZKuf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-FZEf1+mBnzsI5Ps8RAFQ--