I had this same problem recently, whilst installing Etch onto an AMD64 laptop. I installed hal and hal-device-manager 0.5.8.1-9, and gnome-power-manager 2.14.3-3+b.
The solution is to install the package hal-device-manager. hal (which gnome-power-manager itself depends on) _suggests_ hal-device-manager, but gnome-power-manager depends on it to function. The dependency list for gnome-power-manager should be changed to reflect this IMO. -- dwk Seek and ye shall find. quaere et invenies. "Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it." -- Alan Perlis "Testing can only prove the presence of bugs, not their absence." -- Edsger Dijkstra "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." -- John Powell My website: http://dwks.theprogrammingsite.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
