* Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> [2013-06-21 16:26 +0400]: > Package: alsa-utils > Version: 1.0.25-4 > Severity: important > > When pulseaudio is installed, which basically replaces alsa whith > itself for userspace, /etc/init.d/alsa-utils starts creating > .pulse files in system root directory during system startup/shutdown > (when the script is run): > > $ ls -ld /.pulse* > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 25 07:54 /.pulse/ > -rw------- 1 root root 256 Feb 15 20:10 /.pulse-cookie > > This happens on all systems where alsa-utils and pulseaudio > is installed.
It seems that the initscript creates this is due to a miss of HOME env variable at the time this script runs. See [0] We should define a homedir via the -E option of alsactl in the initscript. What about /var/run/alsa-utils? Any thoughts, Jordi? [0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438844 Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
