On Wednesday 11 May 2016 00:08:18 Philip Ashmore wrote: > On 09/05/16 21:09, Sl�vek Banko wrote: > > On Monday 09 of May 2016 00:55:47 Philip Ashmore wrote: > >> On 08/05/16 09:50, Sl�vek Banko wrote: > >>> On Tuesday 19 of April 2016 11:36:17 Jan Stolarek wrote: > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I have TDE 3.5.13.2 installed on Debian 7.10. Some time ago (probably > >>>> after one of security updates) my KPowerSave stopped working - it does > >>>> not allow me to set power scheme nor does it recognize whether the > >>>> laptop is running on battery or A/C. These features still work in > >>>> other programs (eg. htop recognizes whether I am running on battery or > >>>> A/C, I can use cpufreq-set to set CPU speed) so this is not a > >>>> system-wide breakage. Does anyone have any ideas what might be wrong? > >>>> > >>>> Janek > >>> > >>> HAL does not have its own init script, because it automatically > >>> triggered by the dbus - see > >>> /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.Hal.service > >> > >> /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.Hal.service: No such > >> file or directory > >> > >>> However, it seems that I've discovered a problem due to what HAL > >>> startup fails. Try creating the following symlinks (needs to run as > >>> root): > >>> > >>> ln -s -t /etc/hal/fdi /usr/share/hal/fdi/information > >>> /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe > >> > >> I have no directory > >> /etc/hal/fdi > >> on my machine. > >> > >>> ...and then try to activate HAL by using the following command (as > >>> user): > >>> > >>> dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus > >>> /org/freedesktop/ DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName > >>> string:org.freedesktop.Hal uint32:0 > >> > >> I didn't create the links but here's what I got: > >> > >> $ dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus > >> /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName > >> string:org.freedesktop.Hal uint32:0 > >> Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name > >> org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files > >> > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> Philip Ashmore > > > > Do you have HAL installed? What a distribution and version? I tested HAL > > on Debian 7 (Wheezy) and now I verified HAL files on Ubuntu 13.04 > > (Raring). > > I'm running Debian Jessie, the only package with hal in its name is > kpowersave-nohal-trinity. Having HAL installed on Jessie borders on impossible!! Lisi