[SOLVED] Can't start pulseaudio with other users?

cteeto · 2012-02-17 05:36:30

I am having trouble getting pulseaudio to start using a different user. The user "corey" can run pulse just fine. After logging out and logging in on user "tv", running pulseaudio --start returns this error message:

E  [autospawn] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory: Operation not permitted
W  [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
E  [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock

So it seems this user does not have permission? I can't imagine why, both corey and tv are in the audio group and both had active consolekit sessions at the time.

I don't know if this is relative information but I'll throw it out there anyway. I have a multiseat configuration with 2 seats, 1 at my desktop the other for my tv however for right now I am just logging into the display at my desktop. I followed most of the relative information about pulseaudio and multiseat from this page on the gentoo wiki (including editing the config files Xstartup and Xreset): here

consolekit though seems to be acting wierd, right now ck-list-sessions produces this:

Session3:
	unix-user = '1000'
	realname = 'Corey Teetor'
	seat = 'Seat1'
	session-type = ''
	active = FALSE
	x11-display = ':0'
	x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
	display-device = ''
	remote-host-name = ''
	is-local = TRUE
	on-since = '2012-02-17T06:19:44.835923Z'
	login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session1:
	unix-user = '1001'
	realname = 'The Television'
	seat = 'Seat1'
	session-type = ''
	active = TRUE
	x11-display = ''
	x11-display-device = ''
	display-device = '/dev/tty1'
	remote-host-name = ''
	is-local = TRUE
	on-since = '2012-02-17T06:13:33.618814Z'
	login-session-id = '1'

it says that the session for corey is not active even though i am logged in right now and pulse is running. I am a bit confused...please share your wisdom with me!

Last edited by cteeto (2012-02-18 16:47:51)

allen875 · 2012-02-17 10:01:03

I googled your problem and a solved thread linked to this tutorial, give it a try see if it works for you.

cteeto · 2012-02-17 21:45:47

Thank you good sir, it worked Next time I should probably try googleing it myself huh?

allen875 · 2012-02-17 23:00:24

cteeto wrote:

Thank you good sir, it worked Next time I should probably try googleing it myself huh?

No problem at all , could you edit the title of the post to say solved please, Thanks.

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#1 2012-02-17 05:36:30

[SOLVED] Can't start pulseaudio with other users?

#2 2012-02-17 10:01:03

Re: [SOLVED] Can't start pulseaudio with other users?

#3 2012-02-17 21:45:47

Re: [SOLVED] Can't start pulseaudio with other users?

#4 2012-02-17 23:00:24

Re: [SOLVED] Can't start pulseaudio with other users?

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