Power Button not working - Lubuntu

[hiro case]

Hi does anyone have any ideas about this?

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
<jpxsat at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/8/30 hiro case <hirocase at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hello I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and on two seperate machines the
>> power button does not work after a clean install.
>>
>> I have made sure that /.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml contains the
>> correct keybinding:
>>
>>     <keybind key="XF86PowerOff">
>>       <action name="Execute">
>>         <command>lubuntu-logout</command>
>>       </action>
>>     </keybind>
>>
>> I have also tried installing acpid.
>>
>> the output of the command xev is:
>>
>> hiro at hiro-laptop:~$ xev | grep "keycode"
>>    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248
>>
>> there's no mention of XF86poweroff. All other special keys give their
>> keycode output! for example my volume up button:
>>
>> hiro at hiro-laptop:~$ xev | grep "keycode"
>>    state 0x0, keycode 123 (keysym 0x1008ff13, XF86AudioRaiseVolume),
>>    same_screen YES,
>>
>> So it's not bound to xf86poweroff somehow? In fact the whole format
>> looks wrong. My power button works in gnome 3 though.
>>
>> How do I get my power button(s) working under lubuntu again?
>>
>
> Does not work on my Compaq Presario 1700 with Lubuntu 12.04 neither.
>
> -- jpxsat