Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
The battery icon only seems to show if I do
$ sudo gnome-power-manager
That is, if gnome-power-manager is run as root, the battery icon in the
notification area in the taskbar shows. If I run as a normal user, it
doesn't.
I assume that there is some permission issue.
I did an strace and it looks like a normal user gets stuck at
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11,
events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14,
events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=15, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=8,
events=POLLIN}, {fd=7, events=POLLIN}], 8, 9995 <unfinished ...>
whereas the root user gets past this and starts opening up files in
/usr/share/gnome-power-manager/icons . I tried looking at the various
associated files and sockets. Some are /tmp/orbit-XXXX and others are
dbus-related, but I can't tell which is the sticking point.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy gnome-power-manager
gnome-power-manager:
Installed: 2.29.91-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 2.29.91-0ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 2.29.91-0ubuntu3 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 4 08:01:28 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100213)
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.29.91-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=C
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic-pae
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic-pae i686
** Affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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gnome-power-manager doesn't show icon as non-root user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532005
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