[Lucid] "Couldn't enumerate devices: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)"

[Mario Vukelic]

Binary package hint: devicekit-power

devkit-power version 014-3 does not run. When I unplug the laptop, I do not get a battery icon in the notification area as I should. Running dev-kit-power from the terminal fails:

sudo devkit-power
(devkit-power:3305): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Couldn't enumerate devices: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

It behaves very similar to an older and fixed Karmic bug, #392798.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 13 20:52:12 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100131)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Package: devicekit-power 014-3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
SourcePackage: devicekit-power
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic x86_64

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

I forgot to add that this is on a MacBrook Pro (this one: <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro5-4/Lucid>)

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

More detailed output from "devkit-power -d":

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Couldn't enumerate devices: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
Daemon:

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(devkit-power:5773): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
  daemon-version: (null)
  can-suspend: no
  can-hibernate no
  on-battery: no
  on-low-battery: no
  lid-is-closed: no
  lid-is-present: no

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

Fixed now, apparently with upgrade to linux-image-2.6.32-14-generic

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

Unfortunately, after another reboot this occurs again.

[Justin Chouinard (jvc)]

I am getting these errors on a MacBookPro5-3 using Lucid. pm-suspend still works so it's not a ig deal for me, but gnome-power-manager does not function:

(gnome-power-manager:1790): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Couldn't enumerate devices: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

(gnome-power-manager:1790): devkit-power-gobject-WARNING **: Error invoking GetAll() to get properties: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

[Justin Chouinard (jvc)]

After updating yesterday, everything is working for me.

Note that I do use the mactel-support ppa, it may have been an update from here that fixed it.

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

For me (MacBook Pro 5.4, also using mactel ppa), it has been working for a few weeks. But it's hard to be sure because there were always periods where it was working, and then it failed again (compare comment #4).

[dino99 (9d9)]

outdated/deprecated version which has reached EOL does not get support