SUMMARY After upgrade powerdevil from 5.27.5 to 5.27.6 version on my laptop MSI Modern 15 B12M after system boot I have get errors in journald for plasma-powerdevil.service user service ... Jun 25 10:11:57 sinx systemd[1016]: Starting Powerdevil... Jun 25 10:11:57 sinx org_kde_powerdevil[2778]: org.kde.powerdevil: KDE Power Management System init failed! Jun 25 10:11:57 sinx org_kde_powerdevil[2778]: org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed "Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this > Jun 25 10:12:02 sinx systemd[1016]: plasma-powerdevil.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. Jun 25 10:12:02 sinx systemd[1016]: plasma-powerdevil.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Jun 25 10:12:02 sinx systemd[1016]: Failed to start Powerdevil. Jun 25 10:12:03 sinx systemd[1016]: plasma-powerdevil.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 43. Jun 25 10:12:03 sinx systemd[1016]: Stopped Powerdevil. ... Powerdevil functions (for example battery charge information) do not work. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. upgrade powerdevil package from 5.27.5 to 5.27.6 2. 2. reboot OBSERVED RESULT Powerdevil functions do not work. org.kde.powerdevil: KDE Power Management System init failed message in journal EXPECTED RESULT Powerdevil functions must work without any system errors SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.107.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10 Kernel Version: 6.3.9-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1255U Memory: 15.3 ГиБ of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: Modern 15 B12M System Version: REV:1.0
This was archlinux package bug
I dont't think it is an archlinux package bug, because it also effects powerdevil 5.27.6-1 and 5.27.6-3 on the Steam Deck. Here is my terminal output: org.kde.powerdevil: KDE Power Management System init failed! org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed "Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware" With version 5.27.5-3 everything works fine. However there was the hint "Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware" too. But powerdevil starts and I am able to see the battery and brightness widget an set the standby timings in the KDE settings, which is not possible with powerdevil 5.27.6-1, 5.27.6-2 or 5.27.6-3.
Maybe it only effects just specific types of hardware like MSI Modern 15 B12M and the Valve's Steam Deck?
Please file a new report. This was caused by a missing dependency downstream.
(In reply to Antonio Rojas from comment #4) > Please file a new report. This was caused by a missing dependency downstream. Thanks, I just did: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472165