[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#542238: xfce4-power-manager: ignores suspend and hibernate keys

[Matthew Foulkes]

Package: xfce4-power-manager
Version: 0.8.2-1
Severity: normal


Suspend and hibernate work on my Thinkpad R61 using pm-utils and using
the xfce4-power-manager GUI in xfce4, but the sleep (Fn-F4) and
hibernate (Fn-F12) buttons on the keyboard do not work.

When the sleep and hibernate keys are pressed, "acpi_listen" reports the
following acpi events

  button/sleep SBTN 00000080 00000000
  button/suspend SUSP 00000080 00000000

"lshal -m" reports

  09:15:11.876: computer_logicaldev_input_6 condition ButtonPressed = sleep
  09:15:14.277: computer_logicaldev_input_6 condition ButtonPressed = hibernate

and "xev" reports

  KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
      root 0x6b, subw 0x0, time 975061, (164,3), root:(1121,523),
      state 0x0, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff10, XF86Standby), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:                                             
      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:                                           
      XFilterEvent returns: False                                              

  KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
      root 0x6b, subw 0x0, time 975061, (164,3), root:(1121,523),
      state 0x0, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff10, XF86Standby), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:                                             
      XFilterEvent returns: False                                              

  KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
      root 0x6b, subw 0x0, time 980721, (164,3), root:(1121,523),
      state 0x0, keycode 165 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:                                   
      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:                                 
      XFilterEvent returns: False                                    

  KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
      root 0x6b, subw 0x0, time 980721, (164,3), root:(1121,523),
      state 0x0, keycode 165 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:                                   
      XFilterEvent returns: False    

dbus-monitor --session "type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.PowerManagement'" 
reports no dbus events.

I do not understand how xfce4-power-manager learns about acpi events and
do not know how to investigate the problem further, but would be happy
to provide additional information if asked.

I see the same symptoms when using powerdevil in kde4, so the problem
may lie at a lower level of the system. If this bug should have been
filed against a different package, please let me know which one.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager depends on:
ii  hal          0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libc6        2.9-23                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2    1.8.8-2                     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.16-2                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib 0.82-1                      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.20.4-1                    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0  2.16.1-2                    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [ 0.4.5-1                     sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0- 1.24.5-1                    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6     2:1.2.2-1                   X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6     2:1.0.4-1                   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfce4util 4.6.1-1                     Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4- 4.6.1-1                     Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxfconf-0- 4.6.1-1                     Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii  xfce4-power- 0.8.2-1                     power manager for Xfce desktop, ar

xfce4-power-manager recommends no packages.

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager suggests:
ii  xfce4-power-manager-plugins   0.8.2-1    power manager plugins for Xfce pan

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