"A prgram is still running -power management" message each time i log in

[Peter Hillier-Brook]

On 05/06/2010 13:34, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
>> On 05/06/2010 06:01, emigrant wrote:
>>> Everytime i log in, i get this message "A prgram is still running
>>> -power management">>   log out any way | cancel | shutdown.
>>
>> Same problem here: it goes away after a few seconds, but it would be
>> nice to identify the cause. For what it's worth it only occurs on 1
>> machine of several, all running up to date 10.04 and all updated in
>> situ from 9.10.
>
> Could it be that you start with a previously saved session? If that is
> the case, at least temporarily setup your system to start with a new
> session (sorry, can't tell you how to do it with Gnome). Then log out
> and log in again.

I've never consciously saved a session, but you may have provided a 
useful clue. Thanks.