Please describe the problem:
In GPM, inhibiting suspend is designed to only be used for situations where you really, really don't want to suspend, such as cases of serious data-loss.

However, inhibit is currently being used to stop my laptop from suspending while it's doing thoroughly unimportant things like playing music (see bug #344979) or streaming files. The appropriate semantics for these activities lies in-between the current inhibit implementation (i.e., let my laptop melt before stopping what you're doing) and screensaver-prodding (i.e., pretend that I'm not idle, even if I am). I'd want the screen to dim and/or blank, and have the laptop shut down if power went critical or I closed the lid, but not otherwise.


Steps to reproduce:
On FC8, start playing a track in Rhythmbox.

Actual results:
Witness 'your laptop will melt if you close the lid' warning.

Expected results:
Have my laptop not suspend when I'm idle if it's playing music, but suspend when I close the lid.

Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:
The inhibit message is scary and not the sort of thing you actually want to ignore, but it's incredibly annoying to have it pop up whenever I start playing songs. Also, see bug #489380.