Bug 829493

Summary: pulseaudio not working for users, core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory: Operation not permitted
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Thomas Cameron <tcameron>
Component: pulseaudioAssignee: Lennart Poettering <lpoetter>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: brendan.jones.it, lkundrak, lpoetter, rjsm
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Description Thomas Cameron 2012-06-06 21:32:57 UTC 
Description of problem:
No sound for regular users, sound works at login screen and for root.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pulseaudio-1.1-9.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible:
Log in as a regular user

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up. Notice tha the sound control is there at the login screen
2. Log in as root. Notice sound works.
3. Log in as a regular user. Notice no volume control, and sound control shows no devices.
  
Actual results:
No sound for users

Expected results:
Sound for users

Additional info:
I'm seeing a bunch of lines like:

Jun  6 16:19:27 case pulseaudio[1667]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory: Operation not permitted
Jun  6 16:19:27 case pulseaudio[1667]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
Jun  6 16:19:27 case pulseaudio[1667]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock

These repeat when I try to log in.
Comment 1 Thomas Cameron 2012-06-06 21:38:11 UTC 
Created attachment 590024 [details]
sosreport from this machine
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Comment 3 Thomas Cameron 2013-07-04 00:49:49 UTC 
I am closing this, as it worked in 18 and now 19. Not sure what the fix was, but it's fixed.