I have the same problem, but I don't think you expanded on it much. Because of the power manager for gnome isn't loading on startup, it causes a awkward delay in logging off or shutting down. However, if you goto change the settings for the power manager, it loads up and does it's job. I have had the battery on my laptop die without warning because the power manager ALSO controls that too.
-- Power Manager Brightness Applet is not dimming the backlight https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
