On 3 August 2010 12:21, JB <jb.123abc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris Rouch <chris.rouch <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> > [jb <at> localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep -i power >> > root 1439 0.0 0.3 6028 2364 ? S Aug01 0:04 >> > /usr/libexec/upowerd >> > ... >> 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" >> ... > Hi, > i would suggest that you make sure your system is up to date, so we can be > on the same page. > # yum check-update > # yum update > The system was updated yesterday, but I did this anyway and updated everything suggested including a new kernel. > Next: > # yum list *upower* > Installed Packages > upower.i686 0.9.5-1.fc13 @updates > ... > # yum reinstall upower > ... > Did this too. > Now log out and back your KDE so services are restarted. I rebooted. > > Some testing: > # ps aux |grep -i power > > Regardless of its presence above, try (it may start upowerd on demand): > - pull power cord (give it 10 secs time) > - plug in again > Any changes in battery/power icon or popup msgs ? > See again: > # ps aux |grep -i power Still nothing. > > At this point we have to do some more research: > - look into package files for anything related (config, rules, your machine) > # rpm -ql upower > # less /lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower* > # ... > - are you checking your system status mail (logwatch configured) ? > Root mail or user mail if root forwarded to. > - /var/log/* # messages, pm-*, ... > There could be errors, status hints reported. There isn't :-( I've no idea where the kde services log to - they don't appear to be processes as such, and I can't work out how to start powerdevil manually. I thought that there might be something in .xsession-errors, but there are no power references therein. > - Google search (this is a package that was formerly DeviceKit-power, got > rewritten, and causes upowerd problems in various contexts in some distros). > - search Bugzilla for reported problems/solutions/hints > - contact developer(s) > - become religious :-) That's beginning to look like the best bet :-) But in the meantime I'm going to try a yum reinstall of kde*, and then if it is still failing I might try a complete re-install - if only to see if it did once work and an update broke it. Regards, 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
