[Bug 158321] Re: Synaptic needs to inhibit GPM from sleeping while downloading/installing packages

[DW]

The most pressing part of this sleep is that there is a ten minute
inactivity default set which runs even during live-boot and install
process.

A fresh install comes to a halt if the system goes to sleep.

Also, the live session user has no password, so cannot log in after a
lock. (though this is another matter entirely)

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Title:
  Synaptic needs to inhibit GPM from sleeping while
  downloading/installing packages

Status in The synaptic package manager:
  Confirmed
Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “synaptic” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm running a default Ubuntu 7.10 (Gnome) installation.

  I configure the power management settings to put the computer to sleep
  after a certain period of inactivity. Once that period of time expires
  Gnome Power Management will put the computer to sleep even if Synaptic
  Package Manager is in the middle of downloading or installing
  packages.

  According to the Gnome docs, the player should call a dbus method when
  downloading/installation/reloading starts so that the computer doesn't
  sleep due to inactivity. See
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomePowerManagerInactiveSleep for more info.

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