[ale] xfce4-power-manager works only as root

[Ted W.]

Hello from someone new to ALE, (really enjoyed the Drupal presentation)

I'll try to make this brief. I have installed Slackware 13.37 on an old 
IBM laptop (new to me). I've installed Fluxbox as the window manager and 
am attempting to use the xfce4-power-manager to try and manage the 
battery consumption a bit. The trouble is that the drop-down menus to 
change the options for things such as the lid button action and critical 
battery action are grayed out unless I run the application as root. 
Based on my searches I've determined it's likely an issue with policy 
kit or maybe hal but I'm unfamiliar with where to go from there. Any 
solutions or ideas to get me going in the right direction would be 
greatly appreciated.

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Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
Registered GNU/Linux user #413569