Powerd refusing to start

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OpenSuse 12.2 on HP 6720s

Hello,
I’m struggling to get the powerd service running on my freshly installed 12.2, here’s the output from init.d

/etc/init.d/powerd start

redirecting to systemctl
Job failed. See system journal and ‘systemctl status’ for details.

/etc/init.d/powerd status

redirecting to systemctl
powerd.service - LSB: Start the UPS monitoring daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/powerd)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:22:04 -0700; 42s ago
Process: 3824 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/powerd start (code=exited, status=7/NOTRUNNING)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/powerd.service

I see nothing really relevant in the systemctl or dmesg, so I apologize for the lack of information, I’ll appreciate any hint for directions, where to look for the cause.

Thanks in advance!

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First, please put output between CODE tags, makes it much more readable.
Second: take a look in /var/log/messages if you can find a reason why powerd does not load.

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Oh yep, thanks a lot, sorry about the format, didn’t really post on forums for a few years, since my last bigger struggle I guess!

Anyway, the log doesn’t really say much more about the issue, so I fail to find a place to start playing with it -

Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb powerd[4208]: powerd 2.0.2 by James Brents started. 16 second delay
Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb powerd[4200]: Starting UPS monitoring daemon..failed
Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb systemd[1]: powerd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=7
Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb systemd[1]: Unit powerd.service entered failed state.
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That’s where the origin of the problem should be found. Funny thing is, I don’t see any powerd messages, so I started lookinig a bit further. On my laptop powerd does not start by default. Do you have a UPS connected, and if not, what’s the reason you want powerd to start?

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On 2012-10-26 12:26, kachnitel wrote:
>
> Oh yep, thanks a lot, sorry about the format, didn’t really post on
> forums for a few years, since my last bigger struggle I guess!
>
> Anyway, the log doesn’t really say much more about the issue, so I fail
> to find a place to start playing with it -
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb powerd[4208]: powerd 2.0.2 by James Brents started. 16 second delay
> Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb powerd[4200]: Starting UPS monitoring daemon…failed
> Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb systemd[1]: powerd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=7
> Oct 26 03:10:10 kachna-ntb systemd[1]: Unit powerd.service entered failed state.
>
> --------------------

You probably need to start the daemon manually without the start script, to find out. Read the
manual, find out if there is another, specific, log. Status 7 must mean something.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))

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Try the yast2 system services (runlevel)
and enable powerd

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Alright, I tried to look at the original issue again, and realised I started from a wrong end - I somehow assumed powerd is responsible for the KDE power management, which isn’t working for me, but after some more search, it’s apparently a problem of NetworkManager, and not powerd - therefore powerd had the right to just exit with no UPS device there, sorry about the mess:(

Apparently, the problem is herehttp://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/467930-12-1-fun-issues-kdeinit4-kded.html