pulseaudio doesn't handle switching users
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When switching users, sound does not work for the new user. Messages are seen in the system log like this:
Aug 20 17:29:31 localhost pulseaudio[19234]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Aug 20 17:29:31 localhost pulseaudio[18979]: x11wrap.c: XOpenDisplay() failed
Aug 20 17:29:31 localhost pulseaudio[18979]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,
Controls : 38
Simple ctrls : 21
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x809'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x809 at usb-0000:00:12.2-1, high speed'
Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
Components : 'USB046d:0809'
Controls : 2
Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Capture 0 - 17
Mono: Capture 0 [0%] [6.00dB] [on]
Card2.Amixer.info:
Card hw:2 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdefc000 irq 44'
Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,
Controls : 4
Simple ctrls : 1
Card2.Amixer.
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Tue Aug 16 17:24:41 2011
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-14 (32 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F8g
dmi.board.name: GA-MA790XT-UD4P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSof
dmi.product.name: GA-MA790XT-UD4P
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
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mtime.conffile.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.