I can reproduce this, and am in the powerdev group.<br><br>mibus@kappa:~$ groups<br>mibus disk dialout cdrom audio dip video camera plugdev hal powerdev netdev pulse-rt<br>mibus@kappa:~$ gnome-power-manager --no-daemon --verbose
<br>[gpm_debug_init] gpm-debug.c:217 (09:48:32): Verbose debugging enabled<br>[main] gpm-main.c:205 (09:48:32): GNOME Energieverwaltung 2.18.2<br>[gpm_proxy_connect] gpm-proxy.c:101 (09:48:32): emitting proxy-status TRUE:
org.freedesktop.Hal<br>[gpm_proxy_connect] gpm-proxy.c:101 (09:48:32): emitting proxy-status TRUE: org.freedesktop.Hal<br>[gpm_control_init] gpm-control.c:863 (09:48:32): Using a supressed policy timeout of 5 seconds
<br>[gpm_refcount_add] gpm-refcount.c:101 (09:48:32): refcount now: 1<br>[gpm_refcount_add] gpm-refcount.c:102 (09:48:32): non zero, so sending REFCOUNT_ADDED<br>[gpm_power_refcount_added] gpm-power.c:138 (09:48:32): Data is now not trusted
<br>[gpm_hash_new_kind_cache] gpm-power.c:1727 (09:48:32): creating cache<br>[gpm_hash_new_device_cache] gpm-power.c:1761 (09:48:32): creating cache<br>[gpm_warning_init] gpm-warning.c:260 (09:48:32): Using per-time notification policy
<br>[gpm_proxy_connect] gpm-proxy.c:101 (09:48:32): emitting proxy-status TRUE: org.freedesktop.Hal<br>[gpm_cpufreq_set_governor] gpm-cpufreq.c:191 (09:48:32): Doing SetCPUFreqGovernor (ondemand)<br>[gpm_cpufreq_set_governor]
gpm-cpufreq.c:197 (09:48:32): ERROR: No governor 'ondemand' available<br>*** WARNING ***<br>[gpm_cpufreq_set_governor] gpm-cpufreq.c:202 (09:48:32): SetCPUFreqGovernor failed!<br>[gpm_cpufreq_get_governor]
gpm-cpufreq.c:444 (09:48:32): Doing GetCPUFreqGovernor<br>[gpm_cpufreq_set_consider_nice] gpm-cpufreq.c:496 (09:48:32): not valid for current governor!<br>[gpm_cpufreq_set_performance] gpm-cpufreq.c:126 (09:48:32): Doing SetCPUFreqPerformance (85)
<br>[gpm_cpufreq_set_performance] gpm-cpufreq.c:136 (09:48:32): not valid for current governor!<br>[gpm_proxy_connect] gpm-proxy.c:101 (09:48:33): emitting proxy-status TRUE: org.gnome.ScreenSaver<br>[gpm_proxy_connect]
gpm-proxy.c:101 (09:48:33): emitting proxy-status TRUE: org.freedesktop.Hal<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_init] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:607 (09:48:33): Laptop panel levels: 15<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_get_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:110 (09:48:33): ERROR: An unknown error occured
<br>*** WARNING ***<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_get_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:115 (09:48:33): GetBrightness failed!<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_init] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:614 (09:48:33): current hw brightness: 269646616<br>
[gpm_brightness_lcd_init] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:621 (09:48:33): Starting: (269646616 of 14)<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_dim_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:260 (09:48:33): new_level_hw=14<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_dim_hw_step]
gpm-brightness-lcd.c:199 (09:48:33): new_level_hw=14, current_hw=269646616<br>*** WARNING ***<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_set_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:153 (09:48:33): set outside range (269646616 of 14)<br>*** WARNING ***
<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_set_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:153 (09:48:33): set outside range (269646615 of 14)<br>*** WARNING ***<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_set_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:153 (09:48:33): set outside range (269646614 of 14)
<br>*** WARNING ***<br>[gpm_brightness_lcd_set_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:153 (09:48:33): set outside range (269646613 of 14)<br><br><br>Let me know anything I can provide to help.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 5/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sven Arvidsson</b> <<a href="mailto:sa@whiz.se">sa@whiz.se</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 11:00 +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:<br>> I got some problems while starting g-p-m on powerpc:<br>><br>> [gpm_brightness_lcd_get_hw] gpm-brightness-lcd.c:110 (10:55:55):<br>> ERROR: A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending
<br>> this message to this recipient, see message bus configuration file<br>> (rejected message had interface<br>> "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel" member "GetBrightness" error<br>> name "(unset)" destination ":
1.0")<br><br>Is your user a member of the powerdev group?<br>See /usr/share/doc/gnome-power-manager/README.Debian<br><br>--<br>Cheers,<br>Sven Arvidsson<br><a href="http://www.whiz.se">http://www.whiz.se</a><br>PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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