could not connect to ConsoleKit: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit': no such name
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OS: Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit (which is based on Ubuntu 16.04)
In an effort to disable hibernation, I did the following with a consequence.
After I have moved the following polkit file to root directory with command:
sudo mv /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla /
and rebooted, the shutdown menu looks as follows:
As you can see for yourself, there is no actual useful button. It starts to be annoying as I started shutting down my computer at night, which I do with logout menu button and from the login screen I click on shutdown.
Strange is, that after I re-created the file (I deleted it before I actually rebooted) makes no difference.
A few information...
ll /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
shows:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 233 Oct 24 20:09 /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
and
cat /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
outputs:
[Re-enable hibernate by default]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes
[Re-enable hibernate by default in logind]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate
ResultActive=yes
I checked with another machine with the same OS, and there is absolutely the same file.
I looked at the
How do I make that command to run automatically with each boot?
**EDIT3:**
It is strange, though, that **Sleep** and Hibernate menu items are missing there. I highlight Sleep, because I would like to use it.

history
and I am unaware, that I would do any other change than removing that one file. I am confused as to what destroyed my shutdown menu.
I am unsure, what went wrong, and what should I do now to get the standard shutdown menu back?
**EDIT1:**
sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
revealed something:
Oct 24 20:56:56 vb-nb-mint cinnamon-session: WARNING: t+2496.50307s: Could not connect to ConsoleKit: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit': no such name
Oct 24 20:56:56 vb-nb-mint cinnamon-session: WARNING: t+2496.50368s: Could not connect to ConsoleKit: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit': no such name
Oct 24 20:59:50 vb-nb-mint cinnamon-session: WARNING: t+2670.11358s: Could not connect to ConsoleKit: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit': no such name
Oct 24 20:59:50 vb-nb-mint cinnamon-session: WARNING: t+2670.11426s: Could not connect to ConsoleKit: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit': no such name
The package consolekit
is installed. Maybe corrupted?
apt-cache policy consolekit
shows:
consolekit:
Installed: 0.4.6-5
Candidate: 0.4.6-5
Version table:
*** 0.4.6-5 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
**EDIT2:**
I found out, that if I run:
ck-launch-session dbus-launch
the standard shutdown menu appears !!!

Asked by Vlastimil Burián
(30515 rep)
Oct 24, 2017, 06:46 PM
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