On 12.04.3 LTS up-to-date (32 and 64 bit platforms)
josep@myubuntu:~$ cat /var/log/syslog | grep pulseaudio
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/etc/timidity/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/etc/timidity/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Home directory /etc/timidity not ours.
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[3417]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
On 12.04.3 LTS up-to-date (32 and 64 bit platforms)
josep@myubuntu:~$ cat /var/log/syslog | grep pulseaudio .pulse- cookie' : No such file or directory .pulse- cookie' : No such file or directory
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/etc/timidity/
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/etc/timidity/
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Home directory /etc/timidity not ours.
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[1856]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock
Oct 11 08:21:25 myubuntu pulseaudio[3417]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Timidity doesn't work. Same problem in Debian:
http:// comments. gmane.org/ gmane.linux. debian. devel.bugs. general/ 1009931