This bug is still active in Ubuntu Gnome 17.04. Changing the value of attribute critical-battery-action from "suspend" to "shutdown" within org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power inside dconf editor does not help: the laptop still goes to sleep instead of shutting down.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to d-conf in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492174 Title: Notebook does not shutdown when battery is critically low Status in d-conf package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After discharging the battery completely, my notebook suspends instead of shutting down. To prevent the battery from getting damaged, it is important that the machine shuts down. This happens in ubuntu 15.04, power behavior was correct in 14.04 and in 14.10. In ubuntu 14.04 default gsettings for critical-battery-action are set to 'suspend'. In ubuntu 15.04 default gsettings for critical-battery-action are set to 'shutdown'. In ubuntu 15.10 default gsettings for critical-battery-action are set to 'suspend' back again. So the critical-battery-action setting has to be 'suspend' to shutdown notebooks completely! This seems to be a little bug in gsettings, as 'suspend' setting performs 'shutdown' action. It leads to unwanted behavior of machines when users change power settings by executing: "gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power critical-battery-action shutdown" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1492174/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp