#539: pulseaudio doesn't work on ntfs $HOME
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Reporter: joshsmith | Owner: lennart
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: daemon | Severity: normal
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
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Changes (by lennart):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
Old description:
> I have my home directory on an ntfs drive. fstab line for the ntfs drive
> is
> UUID=DA103AC5103AA901 /windows ntfs defaults,umask=022,uid=1001,gid=1001
> 0 1
>
> Log in as user 1001
>
> Login screen disappears, goes to ubuntu brown background, and just waits.
> Can still move mouse, but no visual progress on screen (waited several
> times more than one minute). Then run
> $ killall pulseaudio
> from tty or from ssh from another computer, and then gnome loads, the
> panel appears, and everything (except for pulseaudio) works fine
>
> Note that uninstalling pulseaudio (and everything related) lets me log in
> fine
> Note that having my home directory on an ext3 drive works fine (sound
> works properly from pulseaudio too).
> I also used an empty home folder for testing.
>
> This kind of setup previously worked. On ubuntu hardy and intrepid,
> pulseaudio performed fine on a home directory on an ntfs drive. Does not
> work on jaunty
>
> The .xsessions-errors give the following information about pulseaudio
>
> I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
> I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
> I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
> N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling
> was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary
> privileges:
> N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us
> the requested privileges and we have no increase
> RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
> N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire
> the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt',
> or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
> E: core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory: Permission denied
> W: lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
> Terminated
>
> The terminated is where I killed it, and everything else in the
> .xsessions-errors file looks fine
>
> I have tried this setup on two laptops.
> Happy to give more info.
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
> Release: 9.04
>
> $ apt-cache policy pulseaudio
> pulseaudio:
> Installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu6
> Candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu6
> Version table:
> *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu6 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Reported originally here:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/330766
New description:
I have my home directory on an ntfs drive. fstab line for the ntfs drive
is
UUID=DA103AC5103AA901 /windows ntfs defaults,umask=022,uid=1001,gid=1001 0
1
Log in as user 1001
Login screen disappears, goes to ubuntu brown background, and just waits.
Can still move mouse, but no visual progress on screen (waited several
times more than one minute). Then run
$ killall pulseaudio
from tty or from ssh from another computer, and then gnome loads, the
panel appears, and everything (except for pulseaudio) works fine
Note that uninstalling pulseaudio (and everything related) lets me log in
fine
Note that having my home directory on an ext3 drive works fine (sound
works properly from pulseaudio too).
I also used an empty home folder for testing.
This kind of setup previously worked. On ubuntu hardy and intrepid,
pulseaudio performed fine on a home directory on an ntfs drive. Does not
work on jaunty
The .xsessions-errors give the following information about pulseaudio
{{{
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling
was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary
privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us
the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO
resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire
the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or
increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
E: core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory: Permission denied
W: lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
Terminated
}}}
The terminated is where I killed it, and everything else in the
.xsessions-errors file looks fine
I have tried this setup on two laptops.
Happy to give more info.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
Installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu6
Version table:
*** 0.9.14-0ubuntu6 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Reported originally here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/330766
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Comment:
Yes, PA assumes a POSIXish file system with permissions and symlinks and
stuff.
I am pretty sure PA is not going to be the only thing that breaks if you
try something like that.
PA assume availability of permissions/symlinks in $HOME and unix sockets
in /tmp.
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Ticket URL: <http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/539#comment:1>
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