Package: rtkit Version: 0.11-4 Severity: important --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
This bug is pretty annoying because it makes pulseaudio unusable (see #850806). Here are the logs: bogdan@zmeu:~$ sudo systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service ● rtkit-daemon.service - RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rtkit-daemon.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-01-10 20:54:59 EET; 5min ago Main PID: 17917 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) ian 10 20:54:59 zmeu systemd[1]: Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service... ian 10 20:54:59 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC ian 10 20:54:59 zmeu systemd[1]: Failed to start RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. ian 10 20:54:59 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Unit entered failed state. ian 10 20:54:59 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. bogdan@zmeu:~$ sudo systemctl start rtkit-daemon.service Job for rtkit-daemon.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. bogdan@zmeu:~$ sudo systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service ● rtkit-daemon.service - RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rtkit-daemon.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-01-10 21:00:32 EET; 10s ago Process: 19342 ExecStart=/usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon (code=exited, status=1/ FAILURE) Main PID: 19342 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service... ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: Failed to start RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Unit entered failed state. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. bogdan@zmeu:~$ sudo journalctl -xe ian 10 21:00:16 zmeu systemd[1]: Reloading. ian 10 21:00:16 zmeu systemd[1]: apt-daily.timer: Adding 5h 21min 32.698921s random time. ian 10 21:00:16 zmeu sudo[19309]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ian 10 21:00:23 zmeu sudo[19328]: bogdan : TTY=pts/10 ; PWD=/home/bogdan ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service ian 10 21:00:23 zmeu sudo[19328]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by bogdan(uid=0) ian 10 21:00:23 zmeu sudo[19328]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ian 10 21:00:27 zmeu sudo[19331]: bogdan : TTY=pts/10 ; PWD=/home/bogdan ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl stop rtkit-daemon.service ian 10 21:00:27 zmeu sudo[19331]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by bogdan(uid=0) ian 10 21:00:27 zmeu sudo[19331]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ian 10 21:00:28 zmeu sudo[19334]: bogdan : TTY=pts/10 ; PWD=/home/bogdan ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service ian 10 21:00:28 zmeu sudo[19334]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by bogdan(uid=0) ian 10 21:00:28 zmeu sudo[19334]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu sudo[19339]: bogdan : TTY=pts/10 ; PWD=/home/bogdan ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl start rtkit-daemon.service ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu sudo[19339]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by bogdan(uid=0) ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service... -- Subject: Unit rtkit-daemon.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- Unit rtkit-daemon.service has begun starting up. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu rtkit-daemon[19342]: Failed to connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No su ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu rtkit-daemon[19342]: Demoting known real-time threads. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu rtkit-daemon[19342]: Demoted 0 threads. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: Failed to start RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. -- Subject: Unit rtkit-daemon.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- Unit rtkit-daemon.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Unit entered failed state. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ian 10 21:00:32 zmeu sudo[19339]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ian 10 21:00:43 zmeu sudo[19348]: bogdan : TTY=pts/10 ; PWD=/home/bogdan ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service ian 10 21:00:43 zmeu sudo[19348]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by bogdan(uid=0) ian 10 21:00:43 zmeu sudo[19348]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ian 10 21:00:52 zmeu sudo[19351]: bogdan : TTY=pts/10 ; PWD=/home/bogdan ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl -xe ian 10 21:00:52 zmeu sudo[19351]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by bogdan(uid=0) --- System information. --- Architecture: Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 Debian Release: stretch/sid 500 unstable-debug deb.debian.org 500 unstable ftp.debian.org 500 stable repo.skype.com 500 stable dl.google.com --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ===========================-+-============ adduser | 3.115 libc6 (>= 2.8) | libcap2 (>= 1:2.10) | libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14) | Recommends (Version) | Installed ==========================-+-=========== dbus | 1.10.14-1 policykit-1 | 0.105-17 Package's Suggests field is empty.