Re: [gpm] GNOME Power Manager on Debian Etch

[Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd luon net>]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:14:10PM +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 13:05 +0100, Julien Valroff wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for your answer.
> > 
> > Le lun, 13 fév 2006, Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com> évrivait :
> > 
> > > On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 17:25 +0100, Julien Valroff wrote:
> > [...]
> > >> I notice 2 annoying things:
> > >>
> > >> * hibernate/suspend do not work:
> > > Have you edited /etc/dbus/system.d/hal.conf and added your user ID? I
> > > don't think debian has the at_console PAM stuff needed for this to "just
> > > work" yet -- Alejandro, can you confirm as I think you mentioned you
> > > bugzilla'd the debian hal package with a few fixes.
> > 
> > I haven't edited this file. I will check this. If it is successfull, it
> > should be mentionned somewhere in the documentation, or on the website (or
> > have I missed it?).
> 
> Yes, upstream HAL accepted the newer format of the hal.conf, so it's
> easy to add a new user, and also explains why and what needs changing.
> I'll attach it in case the hal version you are using uses the old
> layout. I can't remember when the change went in.... I'll add this to
> the faq page when it works for you :-)

If people use the file you attached here directly on there debian system, their
hal will break (Hint, we run as user hal, not haldaemon)

> Debian probably needs a bug to enable pam_console by default, but they
> may see it as a security risk.

pam_console has various issues, so debian doesn't use it. We will start using
pam_foreground to give the same experience though (and it doesn't have issues).

> > >> Note that hald is not run as root, but as hal user. If I run it as root,
> > >> as suggested on
> > >> http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-power-manager/packages.html , gpm
> > >> does not work as expected (almost no options in the preferences dialog
> > >> for instance).
> > 
> > > You might want to try a newer g-p-m, there have been lots of changes
> > > since 0.3.4. (see below)
> > >
> > >> * Unknown time:
> > [...]
> > > Again, I think this is fixed in a newer g-p-m.
> > No, release 2.13.5 also gives an unknown time, and also warns about empty
> > battery when not plugged to the AC (even if the battery is full).
> 
> :-( 
> 
> Can you open a bugzilla with the g-p-m verbose log please, if it does
> not work tonight.
> 
> > [...]

I've got some reports that the battery applet also doesn't work okay on acpi
system with the latest HAL. Could be the same problems.

> > >> Do you have ideas about both problems?
> > > If a editing hal.conf, and a newer g-p-m does not fix things, can you
> > > grab a g-p-m and hald verbose trace please, the details for this are
> > > found here: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-power-manager/bugs.html
> > I will check all these points tonight, once back home.
> > I let you know ASAP.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > >> If I can fix them, I could prepare a Debian package for gpm.
> > > Alejandro Vera has already done a deb which I've been trying to upload
> > > for the last few days, but gnomeweb has been doing odd things. For the
> > > moment it is here: http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/data/debian/
> > Since my first e-mail, I know some people from the Utopi project also work
> > on this package (see project on Alioth).

Would be nice if you guys could look at the package we're working on and give
comments or even help out with it :)  

  Sjoerd
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