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Bug 326226 - gnome-power-manager and pam_console
gnome-power-manager and pam_console
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-power-manager
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
SVN TRUNK
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
GNOME Power Manager Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-01-08 18:43 UTC by Gad Kadosh
Modified: 2006-01-21 11:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
hal-at_console-fallback.patch (2.60 KB, patch)
2006-01-08 21:59 UTC, Richard Hughes 		none Details | Review

Description Gad Kadosh 2006-01-08 18:43:08 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
For now gnome-power-manager (and hal) assumes pam_console is available/enabled -
but this is not the case for all the distributions out there. 
In gentoo for example it's off by default. (one can enable it of course though).

Steps to reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Richard Hughes 2006-01-08 21:32:32 UTC 
The hal.conf file assumes the at_console stuff works, we should probably provide a fallback for the root user. This has caused many problems with users running g-p-m, even tho this is technically a HAL bug. I'll produce a patch for HAL and try to get it upstream.
Comment 2 Richard Hughes 2006-01-08 21:59:56 UTC 
Created attachment 56983 [details] [review]
hal-at_console-fallback.patch

Can you try this patch please?
Comment 3 Richard Hughes 2006-01-21 11:47:58 UTC 
Patch accepted in HAL upstream. I'll ammend the FAQ pages pointing out common problems, but I think this bug is now fixed. At least for root this now works unconditionally.