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JCCyC
Asked: 2011-10-20 16:48:52 +0800 CST

How do I make the power button shut the laptop down without asking?

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The energy options screen, oddly, doesn't have an option for what to do when the power button is pressed!

Translating the three options:

  • "Suspend when inactive for:" (it's set to not suspend)
  • "When the lid is closed:" (it's set to suspend)
  • "When (battery) power is extremely low:" (it's set to power off)

Where are the power button options? They appear when I run Fedora 14 in the same computer.

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11.10

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The options is not available in the UI anymore, but I found it to be still availble in gconf.

    To attach an action with the power button, enter in a terminal:

    gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-power action_name

    Where action_name is one of the following:

    • suspend
    • shutdown
    • hibernate
    • interactive (ask what to do)
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