On 12.04.3 LTS up-to-date (32 and 64 bit platforms) josep@myubuntu:~$ cat /var/log/syslog | grep pulseaudio Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/etc/timidity/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/etc/timidity/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Home directory /etc/timidity not ours. Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock. Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[3417]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Timidity doesn't work. Same problem in Debian: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/1009931 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1035592 Title: Timidity folder /etc/timidity is not owned by timidity user and therefore pulseaudio and timidity don't start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/timidity/+bug/1035592/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
