Bug 152165 – gnome-extra/gnome-power-manager-2.16.1: needs pam_console support

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Serge Gavrilov 2006-10-20 14:02:00 UTC]

gnome-power-manager needs pam_console support to allow user suspend and hibernate 
the system (see configs in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/).

Current ebuild contains no info and no support concerning this issue.

[Comment 1 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2006-10-20 14:20:44 UTC]

So does g-v-m.  Workaround is to touch /var/run/console/$USER

I've added an info print to the ebuild.

[Comment 2 Stefano Varesi 2006-11-02 02:37:44 UTC]

The message added in pkg_postinst() is inexact:
* installing the masked sys-auth/pam_console is needed only if >=sys-libs/pam-0.99 is installed, that for now is masked. Instead, if sys-libs/pam-0.78 is installed, it must be compiled with the USE "pam_console" enabled and this is the case of most users.
* Touching /var/run/console/<username> is useful only if pam_console is _NOT_ installed/enabled and it must be done after each boot.

[Comment 3 John N. Laliberte (RETIRED) 2006-11-02 13:24:15 UTC]

@Stefano:  can you open a new bug for that?  the einfo recently changed.

[Comment 4 Stefano Varesi 2006-11-03 09:33:18 UTC]

Is it really necessary to open a new bug? Why not reopening this? This is marked as RESOLVED, but it has been resolved nothing.
If you want I will open a new bug, but I think it's better to continue on this.
Isn't it?

[Comment 5 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2006-11-03 10:15:38 UTC]

What's wrong with the current info (except for s/and/or/ which I've already done)? As far as I can tell, all your comments are addressed...