can't create mcop directory / unable to play sound as another user
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mplayer (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: mplayer
In the scenario where I use "su" to become a different user in KDE and then run "mplayer" to play a sound file (ogg in this case), I get the error:
can't create mcop directory
If I manually add the directory beforehand </tmp/ksocket-
This bug may be actually a sound system bug and related to #55973, and possibly #42169. Though the scenario in which it appears is different. I additionally suspect it would apply to more than just mplayer (for instance Flash also has no sound unless I fix this, but I can't get error messages anywhere).
(*Note: I actually also need to give universal read/write to /dev/dsp to get this working in this scenario as well)
Changed in mplayer: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Dapper: MPlayer 2:0.99+ 1.0pre7try2+ cvs20060117- 0ubuntu9 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team