I discussed this often with Matthew Garrett. He meant that hal should display what the machine is technically capable of, and that g-p-m should respect user policy and read configuration files.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: hal => gnome-power-manager -- Can not stop hal from reporting that my laptop can hibernate https://launchpad.net/bugs/62460 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
