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

[Scott Berry]

Bill,

Boy is that true.  I had Firefox one time actually go in to offlinde mode 
and actually went through the File menu to shut it off.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Basil Chupin" <blchupin at iinet.net.au>
To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:43
Subject: Re: "A prgram is still running -power management" message each 
timei log in


> On 06/06/10 02:26, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Yesterday afternoon (our time) I lost connection to the ISP. It was a
> sudden and unexpected disconnection which lasted some time.
>
> When the connection was eventually re-established I couldn't get the
> browser to connect to the ISP's server. Rebooting the modem did not help.
>
> Problem was: the browser (Firefox) was configured somehow to "Work
> offline" - which it is never set to do.
>
> Software works in mysterious ways.... :-) .
>
> BC
>
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