Re: Not Sure Which Package to Submit Bug Against
On Tue 13 Apr 2021 at 00:49:48 (+0200), deloptes wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
> > I did some experimentation afterwards, and have discovered that if
> > user X mutes the mic, the mic then seems to be "owned" by user X, and
> > no one and no OS can seem to unmute it. I was using the machine as
> > user Y, which is why I couldn't unmute it, and when I handed the
> > laptop to the hardware tech, logged in as user X, bingo! He umuted it.
>
> I was looking into the same recently and reached the point of systemd +
> ConsoleKit
>
> Quote: "ConsoleKit ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking
> users, login sessions, and seats. ConsoleKit is currently not actively
> maintained. The focus has shifted to the built-in seat/user/session
> management of Software/systemd called systemd-logind!"
>
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit/
>
> Basically the first logged in user takes ownership of the hardware and
> ConsoleKit or systemd utility should handle the ownership if a second user
> logged in.
> I have not come so far to test this to the end.
>
> Perhaps you try locking the session of the first user and see what happens -
> if the second has access to the audio.
It would also be interesting to know what happens when the first
person logs in remotely and a second person then logs in at the
console. Does the first person get ownership at all, and if so,
does the second person wrest it from them?
Cheers,
David.
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