RtKit on my ubuntu?
Hi I just updated my ubuntu karmic Koala to Lucid Lynx and found sth strange on my file /etc/passwd.
rtkit:x:120:130:RealtimeKit,,,:/proc:/bin/false
Can someone tell me what it is?
Solution 1:
As the package description says, "Realtime Kit enables realtime scheduling for the PulseAudio daemon". This is an entry for the user running the RealtimeKit daemon.
Solution 2:
It's not actually a required package (only a recommended one):
$ aptitude why rtkit
i pulseaudio Recommends rtkit
So you can remove it (though you may find you need if your pulseaudio app doesn't sound so good afterwards - but you can just reinstall it):
sudo apt-get remove rtkit