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Old 10-29-2009, 01:18 AM   #1
yakoub
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xfce suspend and hibernate permissions


xfce power manager panel icon shows suspend and hibernate functions but they are disabled for normal users .
how to enable them ?

i assume this is a permission problem , i tried adding user to groups "power" but that didn't make the buttons enabled
 
Old 10-29-2009, 01:54 AM   #2
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after adding user to group power i needed to restart computer so that it takes affect , i did try to logout and login but that wasn't enough
it seems that hal or some other daemon needed to be restarted
 
  


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