[ubuntu-uk] Can I disable the power button?

[Jim Kissel]

Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 19:05 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
>> James Tait wrote:
>>> Dave Walker wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 14:28 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
>>>> You can confirm that this setting does not exist?
>>>> http://daviey.mooo.com/powersettings.jpg
>>> The drop-down is there for me, but I only have options to "Ask me",
>>> "Suspend", "Hibernate" or "Shutdown".
>> I can confirm the same options.  There isn't a "Do nothing" option.  I 
>> tried Alan's suggestion of --reinstall but this didn't alter the g-p-m 
>> interface.
>>
> 
> The screenshot you sent me looks like a really old version of g-p-m.
> 
> http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=screenshots&id=Screenshot_Power_Management_Preferences
> 
> I wonder if something hasn't been updated during your upgrades from
> dapper->edgy->feisty.
> 
> Can you just check ubuntu-desktop (and dependants) are installed
> correctly:-
> 
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

"ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version."

no change in the power management application user interface.
The previous --reinstall shows the same version as per  previous posts 
2.18.2-0

> 
> It will either just say it's already there, or it will pull in a bunch
> of stuff that was missing. Can you also check your /etc/apt-sources.list
> has all the necessary repos specified? Make it look a bit like what you
> see in http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/295
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 

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