Comment 15 for bug 398687

I have Ubuntu installed on a Home Theater PC (HTPC) / home file server but frequently have the video switched to a different component. I do not have a keyboard nearby at the time. I turn off the HTPC by pushing the power button on the front of the computer. This triggers the 60 second delay dialog. Before I go to bed at night I would expect to be able to push the power button and shutdown the computer. Instead, I hit the button and then have to wait to see what happens. Or, it makes me switch video input on the TV, then walk across to grab the wireless keyboard, then confirm that I really wanted to shutdown.

Computers are not always used by everyone in the same way. I do not see any harm in a configurable timeout value.