Having attended two conferences recently (LinuxCon and LinuxPlumbers), I heard this complaint over and over and over again about both Unity and Gnome3.
I'm raising this bug to "Critical" (though I suspect it'll be lowered to "High"), nominating for Oneiric, and targeting at the 11.10 release. I've also noted in the bug description that this is a regression from previous versions of Ubuntu. Hopefully this bug will get some attention and get fixed! Cheers, Dustin ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Critical ** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Oneiric) Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Summary changed: - Power section no longer allows configuration of "when the lid is closed" action in Oneiric + [Regression] Power section no longer allows configuration of "when the lid is closed" action in Oneiric ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Oneiric) Milestone: None => ubuntu-11.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792636 Title: [Regression] Power section no longer allows configuration of "when the lid is closed" action in Oneiric Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “gnome-control-center” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center In Natty I was able to configure what happens when the laptop lid was closed. Now that option doesn't exist in the power settings. I tried to set the following gconf options to "nothing", but they had no immediate effect: /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_ac It would be helpful to know a temporary workaround as I close my laptop all the time but I never suspend/hibernate it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.0.2-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 3 20:06:37 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-03 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/792636/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp