Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #860427
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 860427

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Ron Hale-Evans (rwhe) wrote :

I finally found a workaround in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org//showthread.php?t=1866533 . Specifically,

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power 'use-time-for-policy' 'false'

made it possible to run my netbook for several minutes without AC (I didn't bother trying longer), and dconf-tools and experiment show this setting is persistent across reboots.

The only drawback for me was that I couldn't reboot without AC; my netbook hung on a blank screen.

Good luck!