[Bug 298811] [NEW] FUSA is missing "Hibernate", "Suspend", "Shut-down" and "Restart" entries

[UbuntuCleric]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: fast-user-switch-applet

Hi:

I had recently discovered a problem where FUSA (which I love by the way)
was missing the entries mentioned in the summary.  I eventually
discovered the reason it was missing those entries was because gnome-
power-manager was not running (I had disabled it from starting up via
Sessions).  To reproduce this problem, take the following steps:

1) Remove FUSA from your panel
2) Kill gnome-power-manager
3) Add FUSA back to your panel

At this point, you should only see three entries: "Guest session", "Lock
screen" and "Log out".  I can understand why "Hibernate" and "Suspend"
would be missing because the power manager is not running, but its a bug
to also remove "Shut-down" and "Restart".

In my humble opinion, FUSA entries should never be removed.  For
example, if the user clicks on "Hibernate" - and it requires gnome-
power-manager which is not running - then either:

1) the power manager should silently start in the background, and then the computer should go into hibernation 
OR 
2) a dialog box should pop up giving the user the chance to start the power manager, and then have the computer go into hibernation  

I think silently disappearing entries can confuse users, as it did me.

Cheers,
UbuntuCleric

** Affects: fast-user-switch-applet (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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FUSA is missing "Hibernate", "Suspend", "Shut-down" and "Restart" entries
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