I see the same thing (Ubuntu 8.10, powertop 1.10-1, gnome-power-manager 2.24.0-0ubuntu8.1). You only see it if you follow up on the other suggestions powertop makes first.
You can definitely see the issue. In powertop's stats, gnome-power- manager is responsible for ~20% of the wake-ups, second only to my wireless card. This is with a fairly quiet system. -- powertop suggests to remove g-p-m https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs