Okay, I tried reinstalling the hal package as suggested above and this fixed the problem while the laptop was booted. However, on reboot, the problem comes back. I think we can safely say at this point that the problem lies with the hal package, not gnome-power-manager..
Okay, I tried reinstalling the hal package as suggested above and this fixed the problem while the laptop was booted. However, on reboot, the problem comes back. I think we can safely say at this point that the problem lies with the hal package, not gnome-power- manager. .