Comment 19 for bug 192735

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intuited (intuited) wrote : Re: [Bug 192735] Re: mpd no access to soundcard using pulseaudio

Hi Andreas,
  I've since upgraded to 13.2 and it still working okay. I am pretty busy
but I will try to find time in the next week to check with 14.2. I assume
you mean to check if it can be made to authenticate through the
pulse-cookie?
Cheers
-Ted

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Andreas Moog <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for reporting, does this work with version 0.14.2 from the
> official repositories? If not, could you please also try the version
> available in my ppa (https://edge.launchpad.net/~amoog/+archive/ppa<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eamoog/+archive/ppa>
> )?
> Thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: mpd (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: mpd (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> mpd no access to soundcard using pulseaudio
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192735
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in “mpd” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in “pulseaudio” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: pulseaudio
>
> Version info:
>
> uname -r: 2.6.24-8-generic
> pulseaudio Version: 0.9.9-1ubuntu2
> mpd : Version: 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
>
> After changing from esound to pulseaudio, MPD is not able to access the
> sound card.
>
> MPD logs the following errors in /var/log/mpd/errors.log:
>
> No protocol specified
> E: client-conf-x11.c: XOpenDisplay() failed
> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Access denied
>
> By giving "xhost +" and restarting mpd the XOpenDisplay() error disappears,
> but the error regarding PULSEAUDIO still persists.
>
> This happend using the latest ubuntu gutsy as of 16.02.2008, as well as the
> current Hardy.
>
> Pulseaudio was installed using https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio on
> gutsy, and the system was upgraded to hardy using update-manager.
>
> I have added mpd and root to all pulseaudio groups (pulse, pulse-access,
> pulse-rt), but this did not solve the problem.
>
> Xine works using native pulse output and mythtv works using "ALSA:default"
> output device.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rune
>