Bug 423872

Summary: System Settings -> Power Management: instruction to start Power Management service invalid
Product: [Unmaintained] Powerdevil Reporter: Lassi Väätämöinen <lassi.vaatamoinen>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: bugseforuns, surajdebnath992
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.19.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/commit/06539f067b73da15a1fdbbcd823d63ffe0d543d1 Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Power management error message after Powerdevil killed
Services list #1/2
Services list #2/2

Description Lassi Väätämöinen 2020-07-04 15:31:18 UTC 
SUMMARY
When Powerdevil is not running, navigating to System Settings->Power Management instructs user to enable service in "Startup and Shutdown".

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Kill Powerdevil process in command line
2. Go to System Settings->Power Management; observe error message
3. Go to Startup and Shutdown->Background Services

OBSERVED RESULT
No Powerdevil / Power managament service listed, as instructed in the error message.

EXPECTED RESULT
Error message should not instruct to navigate to "Startup and Shutdown", since Powerdevil is started as XDG service?


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2 
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Comment 1 Lassi Väätämöinen 2020-07-04 15:31:54 UTC 
Created attachment 129891 [details]
Power management error message after Powerdevil killed
Comment 2 Lassi Väätämöinen 2020-07-04 15:32:40 UTC 
Created attachment 129892 [details]
Services list #1/2

Power management service not listed, as would be assumed based on the error message.
Comment 3 Lassi Väätämöinen 2020-07-04 15:33:09 UTC 
Created attachment 129893 [details]
Services list #2/2

Power management service not listed, as assumed based on the error message.
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2020-07-04 16:36:55 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/merge_requests/12
Comment 5 Nicolas Fella 2020-07-05 23:16:56 UTC 
Git commit 06539f067b73da15a1fdbbcd823d63ffe0d543d1 by Nicolas Fella.
Committed on 04/07/2020 at 16:37.
Pushed by nicolasfella into branch 'master'.

[kcm] Remove incorrect information from error message

The message refers to the kded KCM, but powerdevil is not a kded module but a service started by xdg autostart

M  +1    -2    kcmodule/activities/activitypage.cpp
M  +1    -2    kcmodule/global/GeneralPage.cpp
M  +1    -2    kcmodule/profiles/EditPage.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/commit/06539f067b73da15a1fdbbcd823d63ffe0d543d1
Comment 6 Patrick Silva 2020-09-17 17:07:56 UTC 
*** Bug 404804 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***