How do I make the power button shut the laptop down without asking?

Question

The energy options screen, oddly, doesn't have an option for what to do when the power button is pressed!

Translating the three options:

Where are the power button options? They appear when I run Fedora 14 in the same computer.

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I want exactly the same thing for suspend and can't find it. Very frustrating. — e-satis, Oct 24 '11 at 16:39

Seth · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-08 15:20:16Z

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The options is not available in the UI anymore, but I found it to be still availble in gconf.

To attach an action with the power button, enter in a terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-power action_name

Where action_name is one of the following:

Seth

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answered Oct 24 '11 at 16:49

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Is there a way to make that system-wide (including from the login screen) without having to configure it for each user? – JCCyC Oct 25 '11 at 16:48
I don't know, sorry – e-satis Jan 16 '12 at 9:09

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