[SOLVED] F8t3 k3b and sound problems

[Harald Hoyer]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:22:24 -0500
> Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.com> wrote:
> 
>> Welp, turning on Consolekit and a quick reboot and BOTH k3b and my
>> sound now seem to work.  So this *has* to be on for those type devices
>> (removable and so on?) to work?
> 
> ConsoleKit and PolicyKit work together to assign ACLs to the devices
> for the active console user.  If it isn't running, the ACLs won't be
> applied and you won't have access to use them.
> 
> 

Think of them as the pam_console replacement.