Ubuntu
xfce4-power-manager package

Let Xubuntu users disable/enable hibernation from Xfce Power Manager

Bug #1271169 reported by penalvch
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xfce4-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

2) apt-cache policy xfce4-settings
xfce4-settings:
  Installed: 4.11.0-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.11.0-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.11.0-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen in Xubuntu is one goes to Settings -> Power Manager and one may easily enable/disable hibernate via the GUI.

4) What happens instead is this is not an option.

WORKAROUND: one may enable hibernate via https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PowerManagement/Hibernate#Hibernate_Disabled_by_Default .

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfce4-settings 4.11.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Jan 21 07:18:50 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-19 (32 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131219)
SourcePackage: xfce4-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Why is this report targeting xfce4-settings and not xfce4-power-manager?

On top of that, the core issue is caused by policykit-desktop-privileges which provides system rules to disable hibernation on all Ubuntu systems by default. Instead of maintaining a downstream implementation for every possible desktop environment there should be a general "one-click" solution available to address this issue.

penalvch (penalvch)
affects: xfce4-settings (Ubuntu) → xfce4-power-manager (Ubuntu)
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I suggest that you try to contact the Xubuntu team and discuss the matter in detail.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Thaddäus Tintenfisch, thanks for the response. As I've moved off Xubuntu due to it's limited support status (3 years, versus 5 years for standard image), I have hibernate in the GUI via gnome-session-fallback, and have the GNOME2 experience I've wanted since Unity came into being, I consider this closed.

Thank you for your understanding.

Changed in xfce4-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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