Bug 619231 - Running preferences by right clicking notification area icon fails silently.
Summary: Running preferences by right clicking notification area icon fails silently.
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-power-manager
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Richard Hughes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-29 00:08 UTC by Gene Snider
Modified: 2010-07-29 07:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-07-29 07:15:26 UTC
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Description Gene Snider 2010-07-29 00:08:26 UTC 
Description of problem:
Running gnome-power-preferences from the menu icon, or by typing "gnome-control-center power" at a command line works.  However, clicking on the preferences button on the drop down menu provided by right clicking the applet icon in the notification area (system tray) doesn't work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Installed Packages
gnome-power-manager.x86_64        2.31.4-1.fc14        @rawhide

How reproducible:
Easily.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click the gpm icon in the notificatin area.
2. Left click the preferences button in the drop down menu.
3.
  
Actual results:
Nothing happens and no errors appear in the xsession error file or /var/log/messages.

Expected results:
gnome-power-preferences should start.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Richard Hughes 2010-07-29 07:15:26 UTC 
Thanks for catching this bug.

commit 130740daf11f0a0f07bbe0db24d94e447b8a18f6
Author: Richard Hughes <richard>
Date:   Thu Jul 29 09:13:16 2010 +0200

    Ensure the preferences menu item launches the control center. Fixes rh#619231

:100644 100644 987acc1... 46ded9e... M  src/gpm-tray-icon.c

This means when I do the next upstream release this fix will be pulled in. Thanks!
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