[Bug 47301] Re: gnome-volume-manager doesn't run

[Matt Mossholder]

I had this problem as well. gnome-volume-manager is exiting because it
does not see a filename /var/run/console/$USER:<virtual terminal#>

This is supposed to indicate that the user owns the console. G-V-M is
testing for the existance of the file, so that on multi-user systems,
G-V-M only runs for the user who owns the console.

My solution was to include "auth required pam_foreground.so" in
/etc/pam.d/gdm.

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gnome-volume-manager doesn't run
https://launchpad.net/bugs/47301