gnome-power-manager is not installed properly contact administrator

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • gnome-power-manager reports the following error when loading the Gnome desktop:

    gnome-power-manager not installed properly please contact administrator

  • Desktop will not start / hangs after login and shows a popup about gnome-power-manager.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • gnome-power-manager

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