As mentioned, xfce notices the state correctly, so I believe it's a problem with gpm or something that gpm depends on that xfce's power manager doesn't
-- [karmic regression] APM: gnome-power-manager does not recognize state of APM-only (non-ACPI) systems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414357 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs