Bug 452917

Summary:	power manager repeatedly displays cryptic error message
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Steevithak <steevithak>
Component:	gnome-power-manager	Assignee:	David Zeuthen <davidz>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	9	CC:	mclasen
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Description Steevithak 2008-06-25 20:54:17 UTC

Description of problem:

After upgrading my Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop to Fedora 9, the Power Manager
2.22.1 program repeatedly displays a cryptic error message about sleep mode not
working due to a running program. After a second or two it vanishes (usually
after it's been there just long enough to see but not long enough to read the
full message). After a minute or two it re-appears again. The error message
displayed starts "your laptop will not sleep if you shut the lid..." it goes on
to say something about a program that's running which is causing the problem but
doesn't name the program or offer any advice on how to fix the problem. (sorry I
haven't managed to write down the full text of the error yet). 

It does offer a "don't show me this message again" clicker but I'd rather fix
the problem than hide the error messages. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.22.1


How reproducible: 100% of the time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 9 on a Dell Inspiron 8600
2. Boot
3. Log in
4. Stare at GNOME desktop a few minutes
  
Actual results: Power Manager error messages start popping up


Expected results: desktop sits there looking pretty


Additional info:

I've done no customization of any kind. I literally just inserted the DVD,
installed, and rebooted. I've rebooted a few times since and the message still
appears.

I'm pretty sure I didn't select the right component in bugzilla because it
doesn't list Power Manager, which is pretty clearly what the about dialog says
this thing is called. The component list shows a "powerman" and a "powermanga"
but no "power manager". Might want to update either the bugzilla listing or the
power manager about page to show the correct name.

Comment 1 Steven M. Parrish 2008-06-25 21:08:19 UTC

Reassigning to Gnome-Power-Manager

Comment 2 Steevithak 2008-06-26 15:49:45 UTC

I noticed bug 446510 that says package manager interferes with the ability of a
laptop to suspend without warning the user. I wonder if this could be related to
the cryptic power manager errors I'm seeing?

 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446510

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-06-10 01:47:23 UTC

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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 15:12:00 UTC

Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
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