F10 audio KDE ldap users
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Jan 8 18:26:14 UTC 2009
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 11:11 -0700, Robin Laing wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 14:57 -0700, Robin Laing wrote:
> >> Just finished installing F10 with next to no problems. My only real
> >> issue at this time is audio.
> >>
> >> In "messages" I get
>
> snip
>
> >>
> >> As the users that are using ldap are not listed in the user management,
> >> how do I add these users to the "pulse-rt" group? I have no control
> >> over the ldap groups that have to work across multiple versions of Linux
> >> and other OS's.
> >>
> >> I cannot even run the KDE setup for audio as "System Settings" freezes.
> > ----
> > I think those 'error' messages in syslog are fairly typical and that you
> > don't actually need users in pulse-rt group at all.
> >
> > is pulse daemon actually running on those machines? as user? If so, can
> > the user open 'Pulse Audio Manager' application (multimedia) and
> > connect? If not, can you have user open a shell and type 'pulseaudio -C'
> >
> > Craig
> >
>
> Yes it is. It started when I logged in this morning.
>
> rlaing 13672 0.0 0.0 87752 1144 ? S 07:04 0:00 /bin/sh
> /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11
> rlaing 13676 0.0 0.0 137120 2124 ? S 07:04 0:00
> /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start
> rlaing 13717 0.0 0.0 137120 2156 ? S 07:04 0:00
> /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
> rlaing 14154 0.0 0.0 137120 2160 ? S 07:17 0:00
> /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
>
> I don't see any Pulse Audio Manager in the Multimedia menu.
>
> I tried to run pacmd and got these messages.
>
> E: core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory: Permission denied
> E: pacmd.c: No PulseAudio daemon running
>
>
> The messages are the same and look related to lack of authorities to
> access certain parts of the program.
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: main.c: Called SUID root and
> real-time/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration.
> However, we lack the necessary privileges:
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: main.c: We are not in group
> 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us privileges. Dropping SUID again.
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: main.c: For enabling real-time
> 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.
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: main.c: High-priority
> scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy.
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: core-util.c: setpriority():
> Permission denied
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: core-util.c: Failed to create
> securedirectory: Permission denied
>
> Jan 8 07:04:43 eagle1 pulseaudio[13717]: lock-autospawn.c: Cannot
> access autospawn lock.
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: main.c: Called SUID root and
> real-time/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration.
> However, we lack the necessary privileges:
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: main.c: We are not in group
> 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us privileges. Dropping SUID again.
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: main.c: For enabling real-time
> 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.
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: main.c: High-priority
> scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy.
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: core-util.c: setpriority():
> Permission denied
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: core-util.c: Failed to create
> securedirectory: Permission denied
>
> Jan 8 07:17:58 eagle1 pulseaudio[14154]: lock-autospawn.c: Cannot
> access autospawn lock.
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: main.c: Called SUID root and
> real-time/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration.
> However, we lack the necessary privileges:
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: main.c: We are not in group
> 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us privileges. Dropping SUID again.
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: main.c: For enabling real-time
> 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.
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: main.c: High-priority
> scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy.
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: core-util.c: setpriority():
> Permission denied
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: core-util.c: Failed to create
> securedirectory: Permission denied
>
> Jan 8 10:45:39 eagle1 pulseaudio[15843]: lock-autospawn.c: Cannot
> access autospawn lock.
>
>
> SELinux is permissive and system has been retouched. There are no
> SELinux warnings related to this.
>
> Now, I have a local account for testing and was used for setting up the
> system and I have sound in that account. There in only one log message
> when I logged into that account.
>
> Jan 8 11:01:40 eagle1 pulseaudio[16829]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing
> wakeup watermark to 40.00 ms
>
> And the KDE System Settings works as expected when trying to access Sound.
>
> This points again to permission issues due to ldap account. I will
> start looking at the various security settings when time permits later
> today.
----
this may be useful...this is a local user, not an LDAP user...
pulseaudi 2919 craig 24u unix 0xd938e1c0 0t0
11561 /tmp/.esd-500/socket
pulseaudi 2919 craig 25u unix 0xe3f29380 0t0
11576 /home/craig/.pulse/ffa1fd239ae906e50e6db70046dc602a
pulseaudi 2919 craig 26uW REG 253,0 15845
16711691 /home/craig/.pulse/ffa1fd239ae906e50e6db70046dc602a:stream-volumes.i386-redhat-linux-gnu.gdbm
pulseaudi 2919 craig 27uW REG 253,0 13273
16711693 /home/craig/.pulse/ffa1fd239ae906e50e6db70046dc602a:device-volumes.i386-redhat-linux-gnu.gdbm
Can this 'user' create a folder in their $HOME directory? Can this
'user' create a folder in /tmp ?
does this user have a ~/.pulse directory? Permissions?
ls -ld /home/craig/.pulse
drwx------ 2 craig craig 4096 2008-12-06 08:32 /home/craig/.pulse
Craig
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