Thanks for your bugreport. This sounds like gnome-power-manager got restarted during the upgrade and then acpid took over. Its default action is to shutdown when the power button is pressed. The /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh script should be improved.
** Changed in: acpid (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-power-manager => acpid -- Upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy: Power button shuts down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213243 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs