On Fri, 2013-09-20 at 11:30 -0400, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > After some googling, I still haven't found any documentation whatever on > something called powerdevil. I've a user that's running FC 19 - I upgraded > him from fc17 a month or so ago - and it's frequently, copiously > complaining in the logs about > > <snip>/etc/gdm/Xsession[7938]: kded(8127) > PowerDevilUPowerBackend::setBrightness: > org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.setbrightness failed > > and > > <snip> dbus-daemon[298]: no kernel backlight interface found > > This is on a bloody desktop with a normal flatscreen monitor. How do I > turn the stupid thing off, so it shuts up? > Hello, Like you I upgraded from F17 to F19 a month or so ago (still have a couple of problems to sort out too!) 'powerdevil' seems to be part of the 'kde-workspace' package. Online docs for it seem to be here: http://userbase.kde.org/Power_Devil As it says, go to 'System Settings->Hardware->Power Management'. Mine has the 'display Brightness' box unchecked (not sure if that is relevant). I can only seem to find references to powerdevil in the systemd journal (old entries): ========== Aug 25 02:20:03 jhorne dbus-daemon[453]: dbus[453]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper) Aug 25 02:20:03 jhorne dbus[453]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper) Aug 25 02:20:03 jhorne dbus-daemon[453]: no kernel backlight interface found Aug 25 02:20:03 jhorne dbus-daemon[453]: dbus[453]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' Aug 25 02:20:03 jhorne dbus[453]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' ========== Likewise I have a flat-screen monitor, but I don't see the messages you have. John. -- ---------------------------------------------------- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
