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Дмитрий Полянин
Asked: 2018-12-31 05:12:16 +0800 CST

Caffeine not working on Kubunte 18.10

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Tried to install caffeine, and it's not working.

I have Kubuntu 18.10, KDE Plazma 5.14.4

Do this way

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa
sudo apt-get install caffeine

And from default Kubunto repository ubuntu-cosmic-universe with the same result.

Caffiene version on both variant was 2.9.4-1

After launch caffeine-indicator and activate from tray.

If I try to run caffeine from KDE menu, nothing happened, no window opened.

If run from console its runs without any output and without window, but don't work.

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1 Answers

  1. This question is a bit old, so I'll answer it for Kubuntu 20.04

    1. Remove the outdated package:

      sudo apt remove --purge caffeine && sudo apt autoremove

    2. Remove the outdated PPA:

      sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa

    3. Install the caffeine package from the official repositories:

      sudo apt install caffeine

    4. Open a terminal and run:

      caffeine-indicator & exit

    5. Wait for about 5 seconds and you should see the indicator in your system icons widget.

    If it doesn't work, try to use caffeine-indicator & instead (without exit). This will let you see the logs. If you're able to see them, please edit your question and add them there.

    I tried this on my laptop and everything seems to work.

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