Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

$HOME/.pulse and $HOME/.pulse-cookie have incorrect ownership and/or permissions after distribution upgrade

Bug #189060 reported by Nigel Cundy
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Daniel T Chen
Declined for Intrepid by Daniel T Chen
Lucid
Won't Fix
Low
Daniel T Chen

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

After an upgrade from gutsy to hardy alpha 4 using update-manager -d, the sound didn't work properly, due to bad permissions in $HOME/.pulse and $HOME/.pulse-cookie

I saw this:
%pulseaudio
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
E: authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/cundy/.pulse-cookie': Permission denied
E: authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/home/cundy/.pulse-cookie': Permission denied
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-native-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon.

%ls -l /home/cundy/.pulse-cookie
-rw------- 1 root root 256 2008-02-04 18:34 /home/cundy/.pulse-cookie

After
%chown cundy:cundy /home/cundy/.pulse-cookie

I got

%pulseaudio
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0

W: core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file '/home/cundy/.pulse/default-sink': Permission denied
W: core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file '/home/cundy/.pulse/default-source': Permission denied

I fixed it with

chown cundy:cundy /home/cundy/.pulse

and then sound started to work.

The permissions need to be fixed in whichever one of the pulseaudio packages is relevant.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

How did you configure pulseaudio in gutsy? Per-user? Which groups? etc.

Changed in pulseaudio:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Nigel Cundy (nigel-cundy) wrote :

I can't recall in detail, but I never had any problems with the sound on this machine either with feisty or gutsy; so I would not have changed anything from the default options of the original package.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Did you, at any time, use "sudo pulseaudio"?

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Celso Providelo (cprov) wrote :

Similar problem experienced after upgrading from gutsy to hardy (today)

file permissions: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/58688/

process owner: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/58690/

xsessions-errors: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/58691/

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Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote :

I got the same problem after upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid Alpha-6 (currently using beta with latest updates).

Sep 27 21:14:37 kmos pulseaudio[6340]: core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file '/home/kmos/.pulse/volume-restore.table': Permission denied

When I start something to play.. example: audacious, it shows this error message at /var/log/messages.

So I don't have any sound in my system.

Changed in pulseaudio:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote :

I checked the .pulse directory and volume-restore.table file doesn't exist. I didn't touch it before.. so something made it disappear.

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Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote :

I think someone should look at Bug 231407, because it's affecting Intrepid beta.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

can be worked around (suboptimally) by forcibly removing ~/.pulse*

I have been unable to reproduce this symptom using vbox Ubuntu VMs for (default) gutsy->hardy, hardy->intrepid, or intrepid->jaunty. I also am using ext3 for /home and /tmp. What are the FS types for those partitions for those of you experiencing this symptom?

Changed in pulseaudio:
importance: Medium → Low
Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in pulseaudio:
assignee: nobody → crimsun
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Won't Fix
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) reached end-of-life on May 12, 2011.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Incomplete
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Closed due to no response.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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