power manager delays logon, and there is no batery icon

[AndreK]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

during boot: (travelmate 4230)
after the proper background + mouse pointer is displayed, and sound plays it's a 20-30 seconds delay before the login window appears.
after logging in , power-manager crash-window appears, the bizzare thing is that in order to proceed with logon, I need to click "logoff anyway".
Then after more delay, desktop appears, but panels are delayed.
finally panels appear, but no battery icon, starting "power management" takes also *very* long time.
misc operationsnow-and then seem to be delayed by this problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 4 20:37:16 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No
Lsusb:
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Acer TravelMate 4230
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=672e088d-7a6f-4578-bc19-ef725b492e0b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1509): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-terminal:2864): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed
dmi.bios.date: 11/15/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V3.10
dmi.board.name: Grapevine
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV3.10:bd11/15/2006:svnAcer:pnTravelMate4230:pvrV3.10:rvnAcer:rnGrapevine:rvrN/A:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: TravelMate 4230
dmi.product.version: V3.10
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer