Power saving/Poweredevil seems to be malfunction

[Storm]

Hello,

No matter what changes I make in Power Savings, they/it don't apply for some reason. Same things happens also in Manjaro Plasma when I was using it. It complaining about a shared library which I can't find in the repositories.

regards
Storm

This is what I get from output:

storm@universe:~$ systemsettings5
QQmlEngine::setContextForObject(): Object already has a QQmlContext
Couldn't load plugin: "The shared library was not found."
powerdevil: ("AC", "Battery", "migration", "LowBattery") ()
powerdevil: "Wireless"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Screen brightness"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "BrightnessControl")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Dim screen"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "DimDisplay")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Keyboard backlight"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "KeyboardBrightnessControl")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Button events handling"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Screen Energy Saving"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Wireless"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Screen brightness"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "BrightnessControl")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Dim screen"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "DimDisplay")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Keyboard backlight"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "KeyboardBrightnessControl")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Button events handling"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Screen Energy Saving"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Wireless"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Screen brightness"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "BrightnessControl")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Dim screen"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "DimDisplay")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Keyboard backlight"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: The action  QVariant(QString, "KeyboardBrightnessControl")  appears not to be supported by the core.
powerdevil: "Button events handling"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: "Screen Energy Saving"  has a runtime requirement
powerdevil: Loading routine called
powerdevil: ()
powerdevil: Ok, KConfigGroup ready ("icon")
powerdevil: ()
powerdevil: Ok, KConfigGroup ready ("icon")
powerdevil: ()
powerdevil: Ok, KConfigGroup ready ("icon")

My System:

:
 storm@universe:~$ inxi -Fxzc0

System:
 Kernel: 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.5 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) 
Machine:
 Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X370-A v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
 UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0805 date: 06/20/2017 
Battery:
 Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 charge: 93% 
 status: N/A 
 Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 
 charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:
 Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 
 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
 flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
 bogomips: 108583 
 Speed: 2030 MHz min/max: 2200/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1892 2: 1815 3: 2015 
 4: 2029 5: 1824 6: 1742 7: 2683 8: 3493 9: 1853 10: 2141 11: 2108 12: 2142 13: 1865 
 14: 1767 15: 1849 16: 1819 
Graphics:
 Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 440.100 
 bus ID: 2a:00.0 
 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nvidia 
 unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
 OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.100 
 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
 Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
 v: kernel bus ID: 2a:00.1 
 Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
 bus ID: 2c:00.3 
 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-40-generic 
Network:
 Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k v: kernel 
 bus ID: 27:01.0 
 IF: wlp39s1 state: up mac: <filter> 
 Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
 driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 28:00.0 
 IF: enp40s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
 Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 61.12 GiB (5.2%) 
 ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
 ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB temp: 42 C 
Partition:
 ID-1: / size: 227.77 GiB used: 10.91 GiB (4.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
 ID-2: /home size: 915.89 GiB used: 50.20 GiB (5.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 
Sensors:
 System Temperatures: cpu: 45.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C 
 Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
 Processes: 334 Uptime: 5h 01m Memory: 31.36 GiB used: 4.61 GiB (14.7%) Init: systemd 
 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.16 inxi: 3.0.38 
storm@universe:~$

[Storm]

Solved it by re-installing kubuntu. No idea what went wrong in the first place.

[Storm]

I spoke to soon, the problem still persist.

[claydoh]

Maybe try a Bios update? Yours is from 2017, worth looking there:

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards...HelpDesk_BIOS/

A somewhat recent one shows this:

Version 5214 2019/09/09 10.27 MBytesPRIME X370-A BIOS 5214
1.Improve system performance.
2.Update AM4 Combo PI 1.0.0.3 Patch ABB
a.Fixes a compatibility issue with Destiny 2
b.Fixes an issue with certain Linux distros
c.Removes Gen 4 support when using Ryzen 3000 CPUs
3.Improves EZFlash performance to reduce boot time.

powerdevil: "Screen brightness"  has a runtime requirement

These lines don't mean anything is wrong. I have these on both my laptop and PC, all have fully working power saving settings.

I also have the missing plugin line, though my laptop is 20.04, running Neon, so it has a newer Plasma. I get extra info that may be relevant.and simply not showing on Kubuntu
Note that this message is neither a warning nor an error -simply informational.

Couldn't load plugin "kcms/kcm_powerdevilprofilesconfig" : "The shared library was not found." [B] -- falling back to old-style loading from desktop file[/B]

I get the same exact output on my 18.04 based Neon PC.


TMI time:
The 'missing library' is related to the GUI for the power management section of System Settings, and not the actual power saving settings itself. System Settings is looking for 'kcm_powerdevilprofilesconfig'
but that does not exist, so a Desktop file is called to open it instead (/usr/share/kservices5/powerdevilprofilesconfig.desktop)

so instead of kcmshell5 kcm_powerdevilprofilesconfig, it finds the desktop file, and calls it with kcmshell5 powerdevilprofilesconfig

[Storm]

Thanks. So a BIOS upgrade will do it.

[Storm]

BIOS updated, but the power saving issue is still there.

[chimak111]

BIOS updated, but the power saving issue is still there.

Could you please mention the particular setting(s) so we can take a look?

BTW, with inxi,
I think c0 is no longer necessary
and
inxi -Fxxxz will provide more information than the code you used in the first post. In general, newer versions of inxi support xxx and searching man inxi for --extra 3 will provide more information.

[Storm]

Sorry old habits die hard;

storm@universe:~$ inxi -Fxxxz --extra 3
System:
 Kernel: 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.5 tk: Qt 5.12.8 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) 
Machine:
 Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X370-A v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
 UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5222 date: 10/15/2019 
Battery:
 Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 
 serial: <filter> charge: 86% rechargeable: yes status: Charging 
 Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 
 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
 status: Discharging 
CPU:
 Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 
 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
 flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
 bogomips: 108580 
 Speed: 3197 MHz min/max: 2200/3400 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3197 
 2: 1953 3: 3021 4: 1887 5: 1882 6: 1907 7: 3215 8: 1925 9: 2317 10: 2191 11: 2018 
 12: 1842 13: 2279 14: 1895 15: 2331 16: 2269 
Graphics:
 Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 440.100 
 bus ID: 09:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1b81 
 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nvidia 
 unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
 OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.100 
 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
 Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
 v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f0 
 Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
 bus ID: 0b:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457 
 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-40-generic 
Network:
 Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k v: kernel 
 bus ID: 06:01.0 chip ID: 168c:002d 
 IF: wlp6s1 state: down mac: <filter> 
 Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
 driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
 IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
 Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 17.13 GiB (1.5%) 
 ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
 speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR 
 ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
 rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: A750 temp: 41 C scheme: GPT 
Partition:
 ID-1: / size: 227.77 GiB used: 10.42 GiB (4.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
 ID-2: /home size: 915.89 GiB used: 6.70 GiB (0.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 
Sensors:
 System Temperatures: cpu: 53.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 52 C 
 Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
 Processes: 347 Uptime: 1h 39m Memory: 31.36 GiB used: 5.27 GiB (16.8%) Init: systemd 
 v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.16 
 running in: konsole inxi: 3.0.38 
storm@universe:~$

The thing is I want to disable power savings.