adding inhibit=0 (or change it from advanced options in vlc) killall gnome-power-manager rm -rf .gnome2/gnome-power-manager/ rm -rf .gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/ gnome-power-manager
seems to solve the problem once and for all -- Multiple applications have stopped the suspend from taking place. vlc : Playing some media https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290753 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs