HP Laptop Remote Control does not Shutdown / Turn OFF computer..

[martin]

Binary package hint: gnome-session

Ubuntu 10.10 Beta
gnome-session ??
HP dv6720 Laptop

These series of laptops have a small remote control nicely tucked away in the PCMCIA slot. The Linux functionality is quite good considering it's based on a Windows/HP entertainment setup with Windows button and DVD quick launch etc. Volume, next song, moving up/down on screen etc all work.

Pressing the Power button on the remote control does not Shutdown / Power OFF the computer, rather it just suspends the session. The problem was the same on previous releases like 10.04 and 9.10. It could be related to earlier reported problems where for example laptops were performing the wrong action from the choice of (shutdown, hibernate or end session, blank screen) when the lid was closed. I seem to recall trying to setup the laptop with a 'shutdown on screen closure' but it would always result in 'suspend session' instead, similar to the action of the remote control in this bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-session-bin 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 7 11:32:22 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-session

[martin (braaart)]

I have just tested the older problem of laptop not shutting down on screen closure referenced above and this is no longer a problem.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!