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Thee_Jake

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Registered: 2024-01-19

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[SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

I recently completed an install of Arch on KDE and encountered an issue with the power management system not loading on startup, and not being able to be run through any commands I know.
I've tried to update upower and powerdevil and I reinstalled both packages, but I can't fix the issue

Below is a log of what seems to be happening run with  `journalctl -b | grep power`

Jan 18 23:24:14 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed "Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware"
Jan 18 23:24:14 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.brightness failed
Jan 18 23:24:14 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: org_kde_powerdevil: i2c_bus_core.c:614: i2c_check_bus: Assertion `sys_drm_connectors' failed.
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 32 -- exe=/usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 13 -- platform=xcb
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 11 -- display=:0
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 27 -- appname=org_kde_powerdevil
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 17 -- apppath=/usr/lib
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 9 -- signal=6
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 10 -- pid=18613
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 19 -- appversion=5.27.10
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 40 -- programname=KDE Power Management System
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 31 -- bugaddress=submit@bugs.kde.org
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 23 -- productname=Powerdevil
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: 15 -- restarted=true
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: KCrash: Application Name = org_kde_powerdevil path = /usr/lib pid = 18613
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: KCrash: Arguments: /usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18613]: KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/drkonqi
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18625]: org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed "Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware"
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18625]: org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.brightness failed
Jan 18 23:24:15 archlinux org_kde_powerdevil[18625]: org_kde_powerdevil: i2c_bus_core.c:614: i2c_check_bus: Assertion `sys_drm_connectors' failed.

I run a desktop, so I'm not sure why the service is trying to run screen dimming and charging.

Thanks for any help on this issue!

Last edited by Thee_Jake (2024-01-19 05:10:53)

Thee_Jake

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Registered: 2024-01-19

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

I thought I'd update quickly for the versions I'm on
Powerdevil: 5.27.10-2
upower: 1.90.2-1
KDE Plasma: 5.27.10
Kernel: 6.7.0-arch3-1

Peculiar8346

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Registered: 2023-06-03

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

I got this same error after updating plymouth. I downgraded plymouth and it fixed most of the errors but I'm still getting KDE power management closed unexpectedly

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=292028

Peculiar8346

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=292028

Thanks, that took care of the issue.

Thee_Jake

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Registered: 2024-01-19

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=292028

That fixed it! thanks!

Sudont1111

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Registered: 2024-01-19

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

install downgrade then downgrade ddcutil to the version 2.0.0-1

xyrgug

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Registered: 2023-12-15

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

I used this code

sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ddcutil-2.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Tonurics

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Registered: 2010-12-10

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

Someone still needs to alert the package maintainer of the issue, by flagging the ddcutil package as broken.

[I just requested a user on GitLab to do so. But if someone else beats me to it: that wouldn't be a bad thing.]

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

Someone still needs to alert the package maintainer of the issue

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … ote_157499

niksys

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Registered: 2024-01-19

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

New version pkg released ddcutil 2.1.0-2 - Last Updated:     2024-01-19 19:31 UTC (6 minutes ago)

need check

m80

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Registered: 2019-12-19

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

New version pkg released ddcutil 2.1.0-2 - Last Updated:     2024-01-19 19:31 UTC (6 minutes ago)

need check

It seems to have fixed the issue for me.

Last edited by m80 (2024-01-19 21:27:10)

Sudont1111

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

New version pkg released ddcutil 2.1.0-2 - Last Updated:     2024-01-19 19:31 UTC (6 minutes ago)

need check

This fixed the issue for me, i just upgraded

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

New version pkg released ddcutil 2.1.0-2 - Last Updated:     2024-01-19 19:31 UTC (6 minutes ago)

need check

Fixed the issue for me.

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Peculiar8346

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

Power management still seems to be broke. Looks like the update only removed the error message from the task bar. Power Management looks to be disabled now from KDE settings.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED]KDE Power Management System Closed Unexpectedly

There's a "side-effect" where no crash happens but ddcutil having a while to initialize which leads to the powerdevil systemd service getting killed due to the 5sec service timeout being a bit low, this is easily solved by creating a  $HOME/.config/systemd/user/plasma-powerdevil.service.d/override.conf

[Service]
TimeoutSec=15sec