diff -up pulseaudio-0.9.8/src/daemon/main.c.jx pulseaudio-0.9.8/src/daemon/main.c
--- pulseaudio-0.9.8/src/daemon/main.c.jx	2008-03-12 16:06:03.000000000 -0400
+++ pulseaudio-0.9.8/src/daemon/main.c	2008-03-12 16:17:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 #ifdef HAVE_POLKIT
         if (conf->high_priority) {
-            if (pa_polkit_check("org.pulseaudio.acquire-high-priority") > 0) {
+            if (0 && pa_polkit_check("org.pulseaudio.acquire-high-priority") > 0) {
                 pa_log_info("PolicyKit grants us acquire-high-priority privilige.");
                 allow_high_priority = TRUE;
             } else
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         }
 
         if (conf->realtime_scheduling) {
-            if (pa_polkit_check("org.pulseaudio.acquire-real-time") > 0) {
+            if (0 && pa_polkit_check("org.pulseaudio.acquire-real-time") > 0) {
                 pa_log_info("PolicyKit grants us acquire-real-time privilige.");
                 allow_realtime = TRUE;
             } else