A detailed new bug report as been opened, now that we got to the root of this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/244606
please mark this as closed and anyone interested move to the new one. -- [hardy]computer and touchpad is buggy with BIOS password set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189814 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