I always find an error in journald log about powerdevil failing to start at first then succeeding in second try
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.4.5-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
| Date | Unit | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 7/25/23 10:25 AM | kernel | thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor ‘power_allocator’ |
| 7/25/23 10:25 AM | kernel | input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1 |
| 7/25/23 10:25 AM | kernel | ACPI: button: Power Button [PWRB] |
| 7/25/23 10:25 AM | kernel | input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3 |
| 7/25/23 10:25 AM | kernel | ACPI: button: Power Button [PWRF] |
| 7/25/23 10:25 AM | kernel | intel_powerclamp: No package C-state available |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | systemd-logind | Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event3 (Power Button) |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | systemd-logind | Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Power Button) |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | tlp | Applying power save settings…done. |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Activating via systemd: service name=‘org.freedesktop.UPower’ unit=‘upower.service’ requested by ‘:1.19’ (uid=969 pid=916 comm=/usr/bin/sddm-greeter --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-cSfHRS) |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | systemd | Starting Daemon for power management… |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.freedesktop.UPower’ |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | systemd | Started Daemon for power management. |
| 7/25/23 10:26 AM | sddm-greeter | QDBusConnection: name ‘org.freedesktop.UPower’ had owner ‘’ but we thought it was ‘:1.21’ |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | Starting Powerdevil… |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Activating service name=‘org.kde.powerdevil.discretegpuhelper’ requested by ‘:1.40’ (uid=1005 pid=1187 comm=/usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil) (using servicehelper) |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.kde.powerdevil.discretegpuhelper’ |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Activating service name=‘org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper’ requested by ‘:1.40’ (uid=1005 pid=1187 comm=/usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil) (using servicehelper) |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper’ |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Activating service name=‘org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper’ requested by ‘:1.40’ (uid=1005 pid=1187 comm=/usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil) (using servicehelper) |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | dbus-daemon | [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper’ |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | org_kde_powerdevil | org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | plasma-powerdevil.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | plasma-powerdevil.service: Failed with result ‘timeout’. |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | Failed to start Powerdevil. |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | plasma-powerdevil.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | Stopped Powerdevil. |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | Starting Powerdevil… |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | org_kde_powerdevil | org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | systemd | Started Powerdevil. |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | org_kde_powerdevil | org.kde.powerdevil: Handle button events action could not check for screen configuration |
| 7/25/23 10:27 AM | org_kde_powerdevil | org.kde.powerdevil: org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper.getthreshold failed Charge thresholds are not supported by the kernel for this hardware |