[Bug 553557] Re: kde power button configuration ignored

[Adam Porter]

It's a shame that data-loss wasn't reason enough to get it fixed. It
took a much more obscure security bug, one that's very unlikely to occur
in the real world. The data-loss angle is an everyday risk: press the
power button, expecting to get prompted to shutdown, and watch all your
X apps get killed, instead.

Hey, I'm glad they fixed the security aspect, but let's be realistic
here: If a user has the ability to run processes on the system, and the
system is a laptop or desktop running KDE 4, most likely the user has
physical access to the system, and he could snoop-on or erase data
without having to jump through such obscure hoops. On the other hand,
the data-loss aspect could happen because of a cat or a dog or a two-
year-old--or a forgetful adult.

*sigh* Priorities...

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Title:
  kde power button configuration ignored

Status in KDE Base Components:
  Unknown
Status in “acpid” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Even though in 'power management' I have 'when power button pressed'
  set to 'suspend to disk' set in all profiles (and can confirm which is
  selected via the system tray icon), nothing happens when I press the
  power button.

  This worked in KDE 4.x under 9.10, appears broken by using the 10.4
  beta.

  Hardware is a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop.

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