Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources KDE 4.3.80/Qt 4.6.0 as shipped by Mandriva Since updating to KDE 4.4 I often observe that pressing Suspend or Sleep in battery widget is simply ignored - nothing happens. It seems that proper calls are done but ignored. Below is dbus-monitor results during several attempts. I can suspend using pm-suspend just fine. {pts/0}% dbus-monitor signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=:1.531 serial=2 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired string ":1.531" method call sender=:1.531 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=3 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch string "type='method_call'" method call sender=:1.531 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=4 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch string "type='method_return'" method call sender=:1.531 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=5 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch string "type='error'" method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=536 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "new" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=536 int32 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=537 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "activate" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=537 int32 0 method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=309 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.kde.kded" method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=310 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.freedesktop.DBus" method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.kde.kded serial=311 path=/modules/powerdevil; interface=org.kde.PowerDevil; member=suspend int32 2 method return sender=:1.18 -> dest=:1.420 reply_serial=311 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=538 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "delete" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=539 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "activate" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=538 int32 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=539 int32 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=540 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "new" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=540 int32 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=541 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "activate" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=541 int32 0 method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=312 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.kde.kded" method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=313 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.freedesktop.DBus" method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.kde.kded serial=314 path=/modules/powerdevil; interface=org.kde.PowerDevil; member=suspend int32 2 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=542 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "delete" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=542 int32 0 method return sender=:1.18 -> dest=:1.420 reply_serial=314 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=543 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "activate" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=543 int32 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=544 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "new" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=545 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "activate" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=544 int32 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=545 int32 0 method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=315 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.kde.kded" method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=316 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.freedesktop.DBus" method call sender=:1.420 -> dest=org.kde.kded serial=317 path=/modules/powerdevil; interface=org.kde.PowerDevil; member=suspend int32 2 method return sender=:1.18 -> dest=:1.420 reply_serial=317 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=546 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "delete" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=546 int32 0 method call sender=:1.514 -> dest=org.kde.knotify serial=547 path=/Notify; interface=org.kde.KNotify; member=event string "activate" string "kwin" array [ ] string "" string "" array [ ] array [ ] int32 -1 int64 0 method return sender=:1.26 -> dest=:1.514 reply_serial=547 int32 0 ^C%
It is probably not widget but kded module problem, because even calling method directly does nothing: {pts/2}% qdbus org.kde.kded /modules/powerdevil org.kde.PowerDevil.suspend 2 Nothing happens. method call sender=:1.188 -> dest=org.kde.kded serial=11 path=/modules/powerdevil; interface=org.kde.PowerDevil; member=suspend int32 2 method return sender=:1.16 -> dest=:1.188 reply_serial=11
Just for info: I run kde 4.3.4 on hentoo. pm-utils are installed. I have the same problem. I tried it with and without gnome power management. If I use gnome and gnome power management, suspend works.
On Mandriva it has apparently been fixed with consolekit update. At least I have not seen this issue since then.
Thank you for the idea. I works now. But for me I had to do a consolekit downgrade. I used consolekit 0.4.1 (Unstable?) and it failed. Downgraded to consolekit 1.3.0-r2 and now suspend works.
It seems it is not really consolekit 0.4.1 problem, rather it is a question of permitions. Taking a comment from gentoo, "------- Comment #6 From Thomas Kahle 2009-12-15 20:14:18 0000 ------- Ok, after some tideous investigation I solved this one. It is a policy issue. My user is not allowed to suspend the computer. This can be changed by root if he starts up the kde system settings and then under "Advanced->PolicyKit Authorization" identifies the correct entries under org.freedesktop and sets them to an appropriate value. For instance org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.suspend should have the implicit authorization "anyone -> Yes" to make powerdevil work again. I have no idea what triggered this change in my systems configuration. Now, it seems like a configuration issue, where the package maintainer of these rules should decide upon standard values, like whether users are allows to suspend the system." and giving an implicit or in my case an explicit permission to suspend, powerdevil works fine for me. So it is not a real bug. But it would be nice if the kde program to inform me that I do not have permission, and maybe a recommandation for the solution, so I do not spend 2 days to find a problem. :-)
KDE 4.4 RC1 using ubuntu lucid on Asus eeepc 901 Suspend button works all the time but when close the lid it might suspend but usually decides not to. Quite often it select wrong profile and locks the system instead of suspend. I have no means to predict its behaviour. To clarify the situation: It seems that something is really broken but not sure what. The power applet tells me I have no battery or that power cable is or isn't plugged in which often has nothing to do with the reality and often my netbook dies without warning because it decides I have no battery for no reason. Right on a fresh boot it tells me I have two batteries one 79% charged and the other 100% (I have only one battery) PS: none of this was an issue with kde4.3 on ubuntu karmic
*trying* to assign to powerdevil (hi dario!)
and now for real to powerdevil (sorry for the noise guys)