[kde-freebsd] powerd

[Bengt Ahlgren]

Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> From time to time, on start of KDE4 (with 'startx') there are messages
> about a problem with the power daemon; the pop-ups are unreadable due to
> their short presence, but in the log of the startx-session I can capture:
>
> $ fgrep Power startkde.log.last 
> 18:19:23: kded(940): KDE Power Management System init failed!
>
> The result is that in the tray no battery symbol is presented. Until
> now I could only fix this with a reboot, not with a restart of KDE4.
>
> This is with:
>
> 11-CURRENT r285885 on amd64 and KDE from ports r392920.

On my home desktop computer (9.3-REL / KDE 4.14.3) I get the same
behaviour if I log in (through KDM) too soon after booting.  Just
waiting 5 secs or so before logging in is enough.  Perhaps dbus or hal
that hasn't started up yet?

Bengt