Arch Linux

amranu

Member

Registered: 2008-09-25

Posts: 94

[solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Solution/workaround: pacman -Rd consolekit

I think this'll stop fast user switching working, however.

Last edited by amranu (2008-10-22 02:01:08)

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

These are not processes but threads. Somehow consolekit decides to spawn a freaking thread for every possible terminal on your system, which means there will be 64 threads.

Convergence

Member

Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 377

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Same thing here.  I'm going to remove this package for now.  Console switching is very important to me, so I hope that it still works.

---

It's a very deadly weapon to know what you're doing
---  William Murderface

smartcat99s

Member

Registered: 2006-03-17

Posts: 44

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

It got installed as a dependency of gdm.  I don't use GDM or GNOME as my main DE and they are not in DAEMONS.  I would more like to know how they got started even when not launching GNOME/GDM.

Solution: pacman -R gdm consolekit

---

Running Folding@Home for Team 11108 - My Stats

szym

Member

Registered: 2007-11-16

Posts: 14

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Unfortunately, the new hal depends on consolekit as well:

yaourt -Sq --depends consolekit
==> packages which depend on consolekit:
hal-0.5.11-7
kdebase-workspace-4.1.3-2
gdm-2.20.8-2

gotsomeideas

Member

Registered: 2007-08-14

Posts: 12

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

I don't really think this is an issue you need to worry about, its always been like that for me. Depending on what process manager you have, you can probably turn off the option to show threads (like JGC said, you're seeing threads of one process, not separate processes). For instance, in htop, go to Setup > Display Options and check "Hide userland threads". Now it will just show one consolekit process, instead of all its threads.

I doubt its a good idea to uninstall it, but I can't say that for sure.

Last edited by gotsomeideas (2008-12-10 02:50:36)

darose

Member

Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 158

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

It got installed as a dependency of gdm.  I don't use GDM or GNOME as my main DE and they are not in DAEMONS.  I would more like to know how they got started even when not launching GNOME/GDM.

Solution: pacman -R gdm consolekit

Grrr ... looks like KDE4 depends on it too:

[darose@darsys9 ~]$ sudo pacman -Rs consolekit
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: kdebase-workspace: requires consolekit
:: pulseaudio: requires consolekit

Grrrr!!!  Who's idea was this?!?!?

DR

darose

Member

Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 158

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Grrr ... looks like KDE4 depends on it too:

[darose@darsys9 ~]$ sudo pacman -Rs consolekit
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: kdebase-workspace: requires consolekit
:: pulseaudio: requires consolekit

Grrrr!!!  Who's idea was this?!?!?

DR

Seriously, though:  any way to disable this?  I'm not even clear why it's needed?  (Or what benefit it brings me.)

wonder

Developer

From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

Website

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

i don't want to bitch about that but our community requested that console/politcy kit crap to be in arch. blame those guys

---

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

darose

Member

Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 158

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Really?  I hadn't heard anything.  Got a pointer to any of those requests?

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

As soon as hal from testing moves to extra, you can't use hal anymore without consolekit. The reason why hal with policykit support is still in testing is because of users who think they have a choice. GNOME and KDE users are already forced through gdm and kdm.

zodmaner

Member

Registered: 2007-07-11

Posts: 653

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

i don't want to bitch about that but our community requested that console/politcy kit crap to be in arch. blame those guys

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but aren't consolekit/policykit requirement/dependency comes from the upstream (both gdm and kdm)?

Last edited by zodmaner (2009-01-23 13:05:32)

wonder

Developer

From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

Website

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

no

---

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

dolby

Member

From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Is there any chance of providing a xorg-server with hal disabled like before?

---

There shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi -- mg (1)
[You learn that sarcasm does not often work well in international forums.  That is why we avoid it. -- ewaller (arch linux forum moderator)

dolby

Member

From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Nevermind i made one myself.
<hate>NO HAL NO POLICYKIT NO CONSOLEKIT</hate>

---

There shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi -- mg (1)
[You learn that sarcasm does not often work well in international forums.  That is why we avoid it. -- ewaller (arch linux forum moderator)

TuxLyn

Member

From: United States

Registered: 2011-10-26

Posts: 283

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

It looks like its needed by XFCE4. So if you use it you can't remove it.

pacman -Rsn consolekit
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: xfce4-session: requires consolekit

---

::: Using Arch Linux Since October 25, 2011 :::
::: Tutorials: http://distrogeeks.com/ :::

jasonwryan

Anarchist

From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

Website

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

The thread is nearly three years old. Hal is toast. Please don't necrobump:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

---

Arch + dwm   •   Mercurial repos  •   Surfraw

Registered Linux User #482438

TuxLyn

Member

From: United States

Registered: 2011-10-26

Posts: 283

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

@jasonwryan, well I have the same issue with this right now too. Do I really need to have xfce4-session ?

What I read from here > http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-session

The session manager allows the user to save sessions and restore them after login. It is capable of saving several different sessions. It also provides an easy way to log out, reboot, shutdown, hibernate or suspend your computer.

So I can easily do this from console right ? This will just remove the graphical ability of it all.

---

::: Using Arch Linux Since October 25, 2011 :::
::: Tutorials: http://distrogeeks.com/ :::

fsckd

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2009-06-15

Posts: 4,173

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

Hello TuxLyn, please read Forum Rules: Necro-Bumping.
Closing.

---

aur S & M :: forum rules :: Community Ethos
Resources for Women, POC, LGBT*, and allies

ewaller

Administrator

From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,794

Re: [solved?]Lots of console-kit-daemon instances since gnome upgrade

More moderator comments:

TuxLyn:  Expanding on what my colleagues have said -- Due to the age of the thread, it is highly unlikely that your problem is the same problem that had been the thread topic.  This is regardless of any similarities in the symptoms.

At this point, building on the old foundation is pointless, muddles history, and adds to confusion going forward.  $DEITY help the next person coming along with the same problem trying to research their issue.

Please feel free to start a new thread.  Clearly state your issue and provide what you have researched, and what versions of what you are running.  If you still beleive this thread is relevant, then link back to it.

Thanks,
ewaller

---

Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature -- Michael Faraday
Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine. -- Alan Turing
---
How to Ask Questions the Smart Way