Marked invalid as we have not received a response and 10.04 is reaching EOL in April 2013.
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532005 Title: gnome-power-manager doesn't show icon as non-root user Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/532005/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp