On 2 August 2010 17:43, JB <jb.123abc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris Rouch <chris.rouch <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> So I think this is a kde problem. >> > Hi, > have you looked into these in KDE: > computer-system settings-general-notifications-system notifications-applications > event source selection -> scroll to PowerDevil > select item e.g. AC adaptor plugged in > check off below e.g. Show a message in a popup > etc > Apply button to save > > The same is under: > computer-system settings-advanced-power management- general settings- > configure notifications On my system, it was only in this place, but was already set. > > Now look into: > computer-system settings-advanced-service manager-startup services > check off PowerDevil > Apply button to save This was already set too. > > Finally: > restart desktop to make sure that all services become available. > > Other: > [jb@localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep -i power > root 1439 0.0 0.3 6028 2364 ? S Aug01 0:04 > /usr/libexec/upowerd > jb 6983 0.0 0.0 4312 736 pts/3 S+ 17:29 0:00 grep -i power > Bingo! For whatever reason, upowerd is not running. If I start it by hand everything works as expected. So now I need to find out why it's either not being started or is failing silently. According to the man page it should be started by dbus-daemon, which is running, "whenever an application calls into the org.freedesktop.UPower service" Thanks for your help so far. Chris -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
