The easiest way to rectify this would be to run mpd as mzagrabe. On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe at d.umn.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 20:47 +0200, Jan Steffens wrote: >> Which users are mpd and pulseaudio running as, and which user are you? > > $ ps -ef | grep mpd > mpd 9595 ? ? ?1 ?0 12:53 ? 00:00:27 /usr/bin/mpd /etc/mpd.conf > mpd 10639 ? ? 1 ?0 13:36 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start > mpd 10644 10639 ?0 13:36 ? > 00:00:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper > > Looks like pulse and mpd are running as user 'mpd'. I am user > 'mzagrabe'. > >> Is pulseaudio running in system mode? > > I don't believe so. > > $ grep system /etc/pulse/daemon.conf > /etc/pulse/daemon.conf:; system-instance = no > /etc/pulse/daemon.conf:; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use > the system-default, usually 64 MiB > > I would assume that pulse should be running as 'mzagrabe' and I ought to > give some permissions to user mpd? > > Or what is the best way to rectify this? > > Thanks for the quick help. > > -- > Matt Zagrabelny - mzagrabe at d.umn.edu - (218) 726 8844 > University of Minnesota Duluth > Information Technology Systems & Services > PGP key 4096R/42A00942 2009-12-16 > Fingerprint: 5814 2CCE 2383 2991 83FF ?C899 07E2 BFA8 42A0 0942 > > He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot > lose. > -Jim Elliot > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss > >
