On Tue, 2014-08-19 at 13:44 -0600, Glenn Golden wrote: > Not sure if this is a bug or braindamage on my part. In view of the doc > for the "--check" option, I was surprised at the following: > > As ordinary user 'gdg' (under which PA daemon is running): > > $ id > uid=501(gdg) gid=501(gdg) groups=501(gdg),19(log),92(audio), \ > 190(systemd-journal) > > $ pulseaudio -v --check > I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon running as PID 23204 > > But as root, do "su - gdg", then > > $ id > uid=501(gdg) gid=501(gdg) groups=501(gdg),19(log),92(audio), \ > 190(systemd-journal) > > $ pulseaudio -v --check > I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon not running > > > Why? Probably because $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR points to the other user's directory. The --check option uses $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to figure out where to look for the pid file. -- Tanu
