Run it as the intended user, not as root. The root user does not have access to your user's pulse instance intentionally.
On May 5, 2010 1:30 PM, "produnis" <[email protected]> wrote: Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio since jaunty, I used a script which check whether music is played. It uses the following command: $ pactl list | grep RUNNING The script is called from rc.local, and as such, it is run by root. While in jaunty and karmic, everything works great, a fresh install of Lucid lets the script die. If I type in $ sudo pactl list | grep RUNNING it gives me the error: Home directory /home/produnis not ours. Connection refused I don't know what this means, as the script isn't stored in my home- folder, and it does no actions in my home-folder.... In sum: Running the comand as user "produnis", everything works well Running the comand as root, it gives me the error. Unfortunately, I MUST run the script as root (due to other action it does), so, is there any hint why it is not working any longer? [Running Lucid 64bit with current updates] ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- "sudo pactl list" fails with "Connection refused" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Audio Team, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in ubuntu. Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio since jaunty, I used a script which check whether music is played. It uses the following command: $ pactl list | grep RUNNING The script is called from rc.local, and as such, it is run by root. While in jaunty and karmic, everything works great, a fresh install of Lucid lets the script die. If I type in $ sudo pactl list | grep RUNNING it gives me the error: Home directory /home/produnis not ours. Connection refused I don't know what this means, as the script isn't stored in my home-folder, and it does no actions in my home-folder.... In sum: Running the comand as user "produnis", everything works well Running the comand as root, it gives me the error. Unfortunately, I MUST run the script as root (due to other action it does), so, is there any hint why it is not working any longer? [Running Lucid 64bit with current updates] -- "sudo pactl list" fails with "Connection refused" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
