PulseAudio and PolicyKit

[Rahul Sundaram]

Andre Costa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am seeing this on /var/log/messages:
> 
> ...
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: polkit.c: Failed to show grant dialo
> g: Unable to lookup exe for caller
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: polkit.c: PolicyKit responded with '
> auth_admin_keep_always'
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: main.c: Called SUID root and real-ti
> me/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack
>  the necessary priviliges:
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-r
> t' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us priviliges. Dropping SUID again.
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: main.c: For enabling real-time sched
> uling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit priviliges, or become a member of
>  'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this
> user.
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31,
> 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
> Feb 17 12:56:47 localhost pulseaudio[2741]: main.c:
> setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
> ...
> 
> So, what should I do exactly to fix this?

There is nothing to fix unless you want real time audio.

Rahul