Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio
After an upgrade from gutsy to hardy alpha 4 using update-manager -d, the sound didn't work properly, due to bad permissions in $HOME/.pulse and $HOME/.pulse-cookie I saw this: %pulseaudio ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 E: authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/cundy/.pulse-cookie': Permission denied E: authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/home/cundy/.pulse-cookie': Permission denied E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-native-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed. E: main.c: Module load failed. E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. %ls -l /home/cundy/.pulse-cookie -rw------- 1 root root 256 2008-02-04 18:34 /home/cundy/.pulse-cookie After %chown cundy:cundy /home/cundy/.pulse-cookie I got %pulseaudio ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 W: core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file '/home/cundy/.pulse/default-sink': Permission denied W: core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file '/home/cundy/.pulse/default-source': Permission denied I fixed it with chown cundy:cundy /home/cundy/.pulse and then sound started to work. The permissions need to be fixed in whichever one of the pulseaudio packages is relevant. ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- $HOME/.pulse and $HOME/.pulse-cookie have incorrect permissions after upgrade from gutsy to hardy alpha 4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189060 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs