[pulseaudio-discuss] Does pulseaudio require alsa/oss

[John Frankish]

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> discuss-bounces at mail.0pointer.de] On Behalf Of John Frankish
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 April, 2010 15:55
> To: General PulseAudio Discussion
> Subject: Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Does pulseaudio require alsa/oss
> 
> 
> One other strange problem I have, which is not (very) repeatable is:
> 
> $ pulseaudio -vv
> ...
> E: module-console-kit.c: GetSessionsForUnixUser() call failed:
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with
> unknown return code 0
> E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-console-kit" (argument:
> ""): initialization failed.
> E: main.c: Module load failed.
> E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
> 
> As seen from my last post, this doesn't happen all the time, but I
> don't know how to fix it when it does.
> 
> _______________________________________________

This is fixed by adding:

"ck-launch-session" to .xsession, as in

$ cat .xsession
..
dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
ck-launch-session &
..