That looks like a systemd message. I fixed this on my own system by making a systemd config for it. Not sure if I did it right.
/etc/systemd/system$ ls -l powerd.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Oct 26 22:26 powerd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/powerd.service /etc/systemd/system$ cat powerd.service [Unit] Description=Power daemon to monitor and control system power state [Service] Type=dbus BusName=com.canonical.powerd Restart=always Environment="ANDROID_ROOT=/system" ExecStart=/usr/bin/powerd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to powerd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347837 Title: can't install or remove powerd (even when with --force-all) Status in “powerd” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: powerd and ofono not correctly installed, when i tried to install unity8. Then I remove it(unity8) but ofono and powerd don't want to delete. Failed to issue method call: Unit powerd.service not loaded. invoke-rc.d: initscript powerd, action "stop" failed. dpkg: ошибка при обработке пакета powerd (--remove): подпроцесс установлен сценарий pre-removal возвратил код ошибки 5 (transtlate: subprocess install scenario pre-removal returned error code 5) Failed to issue method call: Unit powerd.service failed to load: No such file or directory. invoke-rc.d: initscript powerd, action "start" failed. dpkg: ошибка при очистке: подпроцесс установлен сценарий post-installation возвратил код ошибки 6 (transtlate: subprocess install scenario post-installation returned error code 6) При обработке следующих пакетов произошли ошибки: powerd ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: powerd 0.16+14.10.20140707-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.15-6.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jul 23 21:37:05 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-20 (32 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=ru TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: powerd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/powerd/+bug/1347837/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp