No hibernate in gdm system menu (inconsistency against indicator-applet)

[Olivier Mengué]

Binary package hint: gdm

"Hibernate" is missing in the gdm system compared against the corresponding menu in the Gnome indicator-applet.

gdm lists the following entries in french (fr_FR.utf8):
- "Suspendre" (Suspend): does not means in this context (bad translation) but this is not what this bug is about
- "Redémarer" (Restart)
- "Éteindre" (Shutdown)

indicator-applet has the following entries :
- "Mettre en veille" (Suspend)
- "Hiberner" (Hibernate)
- "Redémarer..." (Restart)
- "Éteindre..." (Shutdown)

The consequence is that when the computer is locked by one user, someone else can not hibernate (for example to move the computer to another place) unless she login. But she can shutdown the computer and destroy the session.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gdm 2.30.5-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 29 22:17:40 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

there is no bug in indicator-session here. it shows what system is capable of.

[Mik (mheder)]

The same situation here.
I try in 2 different PC, one AMD based and another Intel based.
The system is hibernate capable:
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" --type=method_call --reply-timeout=6000 /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:org.freedesktop.UPower string:CanHibernate
method return sender=:1.17 -> dest=:1.41 reply_serial=2
   variant boolean true
The "bus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.UPower /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Hibernate" command working fine, and of course under the logout menu is still working the hibernate. Only under the GDM login window is missing the hibernate option.
The system is a up-to-date Xubuntu 10.10.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

indicator-session might be close

[Olivier Mengué (dolmen)]

This bug/whish is not about indicator-session. It is about gdm.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.