In addition to Max's libusbmuxd symlink in comment #3, I also had to create the following symlink:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libplist.so.3 /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libplist.so.2 After this, the upower service was able to start and I regained my battery indicator and brightness controls. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575260 Title: Failed to start Daemon for power management. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: One of the many issue since upgrading to 16.10, I get this in my syslog : 454 Apr 26 07:57:40 mwaterm1-x250 upowerd[13918]: /usr/lib/upower/upowerd: error while loading shared libraries: libusbmuxd.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 455 Apr 26 07:57:40 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: upower.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=127/n/a 456 Apr 26 07:57:40 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: Failed to start Daemon for power management. 457 Apr 26 07:57:40 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: upower.service: Unit entered failed state. 458 Apr 26 07:57:40 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: upower.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 459 Apr 26 07:57:41 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: upower.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. 460 Apr 26 07:57:41 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: Stopped Daemon for power management. 461 Apr 26 07:57:41 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: upower.service: Start request repeated too quickly. 462 Apr 26 07:57:41 mwaterm1-x250 systemd[1]: Failed to start Daemon for power management. 463 Apr 26 07:58:04 mwaterm1-x250 gnome-session[2230]: gnome-session-binary[2230]: GnomeDesktop-WARNING: Failed to acquire idle monitor object manager: Timeout was reached 464 Apr 26 07:58:04 mwaterm1-x250 gnome-session-binary[2230]: GnomeDesktop-WARNING: Failed to acquire idle monitor object manager: Timeout was reached 465 Apr 26 07:58:04 mwaterm1-x250 kernel: [27931.343128] unity-settings-[13900]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f21751ade69 sp 00007ffc7ad90ea0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.1[7f217519e000+24000] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic 4.4.0-21.37 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: davidmaxwaterman 2348 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: davidmaxwaterman 2348 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 26 17:19:05 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f6a6d0a5-8059-4f25-9b03-f560ceb68f6d InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-20 (342 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: LENOVO 20CM001QUK ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-21-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-21-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (4 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/06/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: N10ET33W (1.12 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20CM001QUK dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0E50510 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN10ET33W(1.12):bd04/06/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20CM001QUK:pvrThinkPadX250:rvnLENOVO:rn20CM001QUK:rvrSDK0E50510WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.name: 20CM001QUK dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X250 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1575260/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp