[systemsettings] [Bug 324575] New: Unable to modify "Power Management" settings when logged in as different user, starting X11 from a virtual terminal

[Håkon Løvdal]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324575

            Bug ID: 324575
           Summary: Unable to modify "Power Management" settings when
                    logged in as different user, starting X11 from a
                    virtual terminal
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 1.0
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: grave
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: hlovdal at gmail.com

The error message is:

"Power Management configuration module could not be loaded.
The Power Management Service appears not to be running.
This can be solved by starting or scheduling it inside Startup and Shutdown"

which is in this case misleading, because the problem is related to power
management already associated with another user.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. From KDM log in as <user1>.
2. Switch to a virtual terminal, log in as <user2>.
3. Run "startx".
4. Start "System Settings".
5. Click the "Power Management" icon.

Actual Results:  
All settings ("Dim Brightness", "Dim Display", etc) are grayed out and
inaccessible.
The time out related settings are all showing 10 minutes WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
CHANGE. Do you understand how annoyingly useless it is to try to watch a video
when the screen goes blank every tenth minute?

Expected Results:  
<user2> should have exactly the same ability to change power related settings
as already logged in user <user1>.

Fedora 19, kde-settings-19-23.1.fc19.noarch.

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