KDE – org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper crashing Linux Kernel 3.4.6

While running Chakra GNU/Linux on a desktop system I have been having some system crashes happen. This post will describe the troubleshooting steps taken to find and resolve the issue. Since finding the issue was done mostly in the terminal via log files I am going to describe that process instead of showing it via screenshots, since not every system crash is caused by the same thing, It’s best to use the following information as a reference in how to find a kernel issue and a guide to fixing this specific issue.

After looking in /var/log and scanning the files Xorg.0.log, kernel.log and everything.log for any errors around the time that the system crash occurred. Continue reading