Hrm. After rebooting, though I can't see how that would have changed anything... attempting to run guidance-power-manager results in :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ power-manager: ERROR: Communication problem with power- manager, it probably crashed. Weird. -- Icon sometimes turns into generic "blank paper" icon https://launchpad.net/bugs/75531 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs