On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 21:42 +0200, Jan Steffens wrote: > The easiest way to rectify this would be to run mpd as mzagrabe. Thanks! That works, and is what I did, though one would think there was a better way. Cheers, > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss -- 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20100615/806544ff/attachment.pgp>
