RHEL machine is getting powered off automatically with 'gnome-power-manager: (root) Gnome logout dialog, Cause: You pressed the power button'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Even though there is no one has pressed the power button, this message is shown sometimes and then power goes down.
  • You can see this message in /var/log/message:
"gnome-power-manager: (root) Gnome logout dialog, Cause: You pressed the power button".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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