ConsoleKit is started too late

[kelvie]

It's described in this bug here, and has been bugging me for the last little while:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851

The gist of it is that ConsoleKit is not ready when you log in using KDM on a fresh reboot. KDM tries to connect to org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit via D-Bus and it times out after login.

After logging-in in this state, you cannot mount USB drives or suspend the system, as CK didn't give that session the permissions.

I've seen this in Natty as well as Oneiric, but only on my laptop (which is a Sony F-series laptop).

lsb_release -rd | Exit:1 |
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 47946 12
bnep 18436 2
kvm_intel 61643 0
kvm 383822 1 kvm_intel
parport_pc 36962 0
ppdev 17113 0
binfmt_misc 17540 1
autofs4 37024 1
dm_crypt 23199 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32040 4
snd_hda_codec_realtek 330769 1
snd_hda_intel 33390 3
snd_hda_codec 104802 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96755 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30547 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo 72711 0
nvidia 11713772 46
videodev 93004 1 uvcvideo
snd_timer 29991 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17083 1 videodev
btusb 18600 2
bluetooth 166112 23 rfcomm,bnep,btusb
snd 68266 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
joydev 17693 0
arc4 12529 2
soundcore 12680 1 snd
ath9k 127538 0
mac80211 310872 1 ath9k
ath9k_common 13839 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 312866 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ath 24067 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
cfg80211 199587 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
psmouse 73882 0
serio_raw 13166 0
mxm_wmi 12979 0
i7core_edac 27942 0
edac_core 53746 3 i7core_edac
sony_laptop 45393 0
wmi 19256 1 mxm_wmi
acpiphp 24080 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 47198 0
hid 95463 1 usbhid
vesafb 13809 1
firewire_ohci 40722 0
firewire_core 63626 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
sky2 58674 0
xhci_hcd 78641 0
ahci 26002 4
libahci 26861 1 ahci
sdhci_pci 14032 0
sdhci 32166 1 sdhci_pci
video 19412 0

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
03:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller
03:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller
03:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd FireWire Host Controller
03:00.4 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
05:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
3f:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
3f:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)