Bug#854327: pulseaudio: default configuration depends on consolekit

[Michael Gilbert]

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> 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.

You are correct, I do not have systemd installed on this system, but
then again it's kfreebsd so I can't.  However, the only thing standing
in the way of working pulseaudio on kfreebsd is this consolekit error,
which as I suggest below can be worked around in a couple ways.

>> 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?

I should have worded that paragraph more clearly.  Those are just a
couple workarounds that can be used while the bug exists.  I have not
thought about how to fix the problem generally.

Best wishes,
Mike