I had the similar/same issue. The problem was that hal was not running. Starting HAL using using:
sudo /etc/init.d/hal start made the Power Manager happy again. -- guidance does not close if no battery https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136676 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