Bug#854327: pulseaudio: default configuration depends on consolekit

[Felipe Sateler]

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On 5 February 2017 at 22:44, Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org> wrote:
> package: pulseaudio
> severity: important
> version: 10.0-1
>
> Pulseaudio's default settings require the consolekit package to be
> installed, but the package has no relationship to consolekit.
>
> Without consolekit:
> $ pulseaudio
> [...]
> E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-console-kit"
> (argument: ""): initialization failed
> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.


module-console-kit does nothing when systemd-logind is detected. If
it's failing for you then you do not have systemd (or the -shim)
installed and running.

> To fix this, either the "load-module module-console-kit" line can be
> commented in /etc/pulse/default.pa.  Or the consolekit package can be
> installed, but there are a lot of setups where it's not needed or
> wanted.

But if you are not using the default settings, you can surely also
modify pulseaudio's configuration? Or are you suggesting we drop
consolekit support entirely?

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler