[systemd-devel] systemd-inhibit --what=handle-power-key broken with systemd 198

[Manuel Reimer]

Just one more information: It seems like the inhibitors work if I'm on the same 
shell/virtual terminal where the inhibitor was created.

So the inhibitors, created by KDE, only work if I'm on the KDE screen. If I 
switch to another VT, then the power button forcefully shuts down the system.

Seems like I'm seeing the same effect with my code, but as I want to use an 
inhibitor in a daemon that gets started by systemd while the system boots, this 
doesn't make much sense for me.

Manuel Reimer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using ArchLinux which currently uses systemd 198.
>
> I try to inhibit the power key to get sure systemd doesn't shut down if it is
> pressed. My testcase is as follows:
>
> # systemd-inhibit --what=handle-power-key --mode=block sleep 1000000
>
> Now I switch to another shell to check if the inhibitor is listed:
>
> # systemd-inhibit --list
>       Who: sleep 1000000 (UID 0, PID 222)
>      What: handle-power-key
>       Why: Unknown reason
>      Mode: block
>
> 1 inhibitors listed.
>
> After doing so and getting sure the inhibitor really is listed, I hit the power
> key and... the system is shutting down...
>
> For me it seems like something caused this whole thing to get broken. Can
> someone reproduce or is this only broken on ArchLinux?
>
> Yours
>
> Manuel Reimer