elementary / elementary/settings-power
"Ask to shutdown" preference does not take effect
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Description
### What Happened?
On a fresh install of 8.1 + updates, I changed the preference of the power button to "Ask to shutdown". It worked the first time, but later on, pressing the power button does nothing, or sometimes it suspends.
### Steps to Reproduce
1. In power settings, change the power button behaviour to "Ask to shutdown".
2. Press the power button to shutdown across a few sessions.
### Expected Behavior
It should present the shutdown dialog. Instead, it either does nothing or suspends the machine.
### OS Version
8.x (Circe)
### OS Architecture
amd64 (on most hardwares)
### Session Type
Secure Session (Wayland, This is the default)
### Software Version
Latest release (I have run all updates)
### Log Output
```shell
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### Hardware Info
It's a Lenovo Thinkbook. Here's the about dialog.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the power-button behavior from the reported steps on the default Wayland session, then inspect the power-button preference handling in the settings-power Switchboard plug. Done means that selecting "Ask to shutdown" consistently presents the shutdown dialog across multiple sessions instead of doing nothing or suspending.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100