Bug 364138

Summary:	Power Management Problem Kubuntu 16.04
Product:	[Plasma] Powerdevil	Reporter:	Denis Moon <lloerau>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Development Mailing List <plasma-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	major	CC:	kde, mel
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Denis Moon 2016-06-09 10:41:14 UTC

Kubuntu 16.04 fresh install on PC doesn't allow any power management. Suspend key doesn't work on the keyboard. If I go to System Settings/Startup and Shutdown services/Background Services, I see Power Management service not running. Then if I click start, I get:

Unable to start service powerdevil.  Error: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying.

The bug affects not only me. See https://plus.google.com/communities/108139456908538054874 


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 mel 2016-06-11 16:41:53 UTC

I did my weekly Debian Testing update last night (2016-06-10), and today I also experienced this issue.

However, in my case at least, it appears to have been a binary/lib version mismatch.
The main powerdevil packages were upgraded to 4:5.6.4-2, however libpowerdevilcore2 was *not* upgraded at the same time, remaining at 4:5.4.3-1.

After I'd resolved the minor issues with an `aptitude full-upgrade libpowerdevilcore2`, I was able to start the "Power Management" service as expected.

Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-06-28 11:55:51 UTC

Can you kill kded5 and then run kded5 from console and see what it says there?
I've been experiencing issues in Kubuntu where powerdevil failed to load because of symbol lookup errors, ie. distribution/packaging problem.

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-26 22:12:03 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please set the bug status as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-27 03:46:29 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!