[gpm] Getting GPM to work well in Gentoo

[Alexander Skwar <listen alexander skwar name>]

Hi.

I've got gnome-power-manager-2.14.3-r1 installed on Gentoo Linux
with Gnome 2.14.x and also on Ubuntu Linux 6.06.

On Ubuntu, when I press the Power button, a dialog like shown on
http://www.myimg.de/?img=gnomelogoutc2e.gif pops up. I suppose that
this dialog is caused by GPM? Is it?

If so, what do I have to do, to get this dialog to show up in
Gentoo as well?

In Ubuntu, in /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh, I find the following:

	# If gnome-power-manager, kpowersave or klaptopdaemon are running, let
	# them handle policy This is effectively the same as 'acpi-support's
	# '/usr/share/acpi-support/policy-funcs' file.
	
	if pidof gnome-power-manager kpowersave > /dev/null ||
	  (pidof dcopserver > /dev/null && test -x /usr/bin/dcop && /usr/bin/dcop kded kded loadedModules | grep -q klaptopdaemon) ; then
	    exit
	fi

Gentoo doesn't have a /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh, but it has a /etc/acpi/default.sh,
which is supposed to handle all actions (and it really does). Now, by
default, Gentoo will execute /sbin/init 0. But to mimic the Ubuntu
behaviour, I commented this, so that nothing is done (besides logging).
That should be the same as on Ubuntu, as on Ubuntu, the powerbtn.sh
"exit"s right away.

But when I press the power button, I only get the log message. Nothing
else happens.

Obviously, I missed something. But what did I miss?

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar
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