Bug#848623: mate-power-manager now needs to be run as root

[Ian Jackson]

Package: mate-power-manager
Version: 1.16.0-1

I recently updated my laptop, and since then, mate-power-manager does
not seem to work any more if I run it in my session.  See transcript
below.

If I run it in `su -' it works (at least to set the brightness),
although I think it was the actual mate-power-manager process that put
an icon in my tray, and now that doesn't appear any more (I presume
because it has no access to my X session any more).

In this configuration (running it in `su -'), I do get notifications 

I'm running:
  sysvinit as pid 1
  systemd-shim
  systemd-udevd
  systemd-logind
  vtwm as my window manager
  trayer to hold my tray icons etc.

I'm afraid I don't really know how all this stuff is supposed to work.
I suspect I may be filing this bug against the wrong package.
xfce4-power-manager (which I also tried) seems to have similar
trouble.

Hints as to where to look (or reassignment of this bug) would be very
welcome.

Thanks,
Ian.

zealot:~> mate-power-manager 
TI:02:14:47     TH:0x560f2cd4cc40       FI:gpm-manager.c        FN:gpm_manager_systemd_inhibit,1784
 - Error in dbus - GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Permission denied
Traceback:
        mate-power-manager(+0x1904f) [0x560f2c83504f]
        mate-power-manager(+0x118be) [0x560f2c82d8be]
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_type_create_instance+0x20b) [0x7f26f686a34b]
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(+0x151fb) [0x7f26f684c1fb]
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_newv+0x1dd) [0x7f26f684dc0d]
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_new+0x104) [0x7f26f684e3c4]
        mate-power-manager(+0x12142) [0x560f2c82e142]
        mate-power-manager(+0x7c92) [0x560f2c823c92]
        /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf1) [0x7f26f5c842b1]
        mate-power-manager(+0x800a) [0x560f2c82400a]
zealot:~> 

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