Battery menu should have an "allow suspend" option that can be unchecked

[Jason Spiro]

At Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was common to see people walking around with their laptops half-open because they didn't want them to sleep. Whether wardriving, Web serving, or music playing, some people do not want their PCs to sleep. Please add a right-click option to the battery status menu "Allow standby". It should be checked by default.

When you uncheck this option, Gnome should:

* display a dialog box:
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Warning
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Some laptops overheat if they cannot stand by when closed.
[ ] Do not show this again
[ OK ]
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* change the battery status icon to a coffee mug icon (this means "computer is caffeinated and will not sleep")
* and the computer should never sleep. Whether you close the lid, or leave the computer alone for a long time, it should not sleep.

[Jason Spiro (jasonspiro)]

Please also see my other suspend-related feature request: Bug #122930 (Please add "Suspend my PC after the lid is closed for X minutes/hours" option). I would love it if you fulfilled my other feature request too. :)

[Richard Hughes (richard-hughes)]

Jason, what's the point in putting in specific product enhancements in lauchpad bugs I'm never going to see? The only way I can see it might be useful is if the ubuntu guys actually write the code for the new feature, but I don't think that's very likely.

This sort of thing belongs upstream.

[Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)]

A fix is available in the upstream SVN.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The package which contain the fix is already available in Gutsy. thanks.