Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #563862
  2. Comment #47

Comment 47 for bug 563862

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owen (williams-owen) wrote : Re: When logging on power manager fails

I had the same problem on my 10.4 AMD64 install (update from 9.10).

I can confirm that removing the DVD before booting from cold fixes the problem for me. I no longer see power manager screen and get quicker boot.

Here is what I think is going on. The boot sequence has become increasingly more parallel in the last few releases. When we see the login screen - X is up and running but things are still booting in the background. If you have a few devices that are unusually slow (e.g. DVD or USB) and you log in quickly your computer still has a fair bit more to do before you get to your desktop.

Sure, the Power Manager screen shouldn't show up the way it does. That's a bug. But as others have said, it does disappear on its own if you leave it 10 seconds. But the fix may simple be to hide that screen.

To add a little support to my case. If I do the following:
1) Boot with DVD
2) Log in appears, don't log in yet
3) After 5 seconds the DVD spins up (for the second time, it has already spun up once in the boot process)
4) After another 10 seconds the DVD stops
5) Now login
6) There is no power manager screen and login to desktop time is very quick.

It sounds like others are having problems with slow initialising of USB peripherals. My personal opinion is that these slow inits are longer than expected and the boot sequence hasn't been coded for this eventuality.

Owen

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