I have a similar problem. In recovery mode I manually reinstalled gnome-power-manager and gnome-settings-daemon (based on advice found on Ubuntu support forums, I am a newbie to Ubuntu). The message "the configuration defaults for the GNOME Power Manager have not been installed correctly. Please contact your computer administrator." disappeared, but after prompting for password I still get a flickering screen and the system asks for the password again.
-- ubuntu struck on login screen, message: 'the configuration defaults for the gnome power manager has not been installed correctly' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521640 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs