I am developing a native X application that is thus not using GTK. As a result, it seems that system does not automatically provide "End current task" option at the power-switch menu, as it does for the GTK aplications.

Is there a way to get the "End current task" item into the power-switch menu by means of X API or something else (d-bus?) ? I would really apprepriate help because the problem is blocking us from releasing the application.

What's the output of running xprop on the application?

_MB_CURRENT_APP_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x2600002
_HILDON_NON_COMPOSITED_WINDOW(INTEGER) = 1
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
window state: Normal
icon window: 0x0
_NET_FRAME_EXTENTS(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 0
_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS(ATOM) = _NET_WM_ACTION_CLOSE, _NET_WM_ACTION_FULLSCREEN
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "Gas-Balls"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "Gas-Balls"
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols WM_DELETE_WINDOW

Well?

Here is some discussion about "End current task"
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6175

Maybe, you will be able to understand what is required to have the button showing.

Hi, I too am trying to port a native X app (a cool free game that runs in fullscreen mode) to Maemo and submit it to Ovi Store. Everything works except "end current task" not showing up.
jarmniku (or other folks), do you know how to solve the problem ?

I tried to send _NET_WM_PID but it does not work
----
// set _NET_WM_PID, should show "End this task" when pressing the power button on Maemo
// but does not work yet, we need to check why
long curr_pid = getpid();
XChangeProperty(
x_display, win,
XInternAtom ( x_display, "_NET_WM_PID", False ),
XA_CARDINAL, 32, PropModeReplace,
(unsigned char *) &curr_pid, 1);
----

Any hint ?

I've seen the Ovi QA requirements state that a send to dash board button must be provided too. (ie Angry Birds runs in fullscreen but provides that custom button which sends the app to the dashboard).
Any idea what functions I do need to call in order to implement it ?

thanks in advance for all your help,
Ben

No idea about the first problem.
As for the dashboard, it's just a dbus signal.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Phone_control#Show_dashboard