I wrote: > I can see that on my functioning desktops that before login, gdm has > been granted read-write access, via ACLs, to the sound device files in > /dev/snd/. After GDM login my user is granted read-write instead. > > On my broken desktop there are no ACLs granting extra permissions. I > have now restored the original permissions on the /dev/snd/* files and > added my user read-write access via ACLs. Still pulseaudio does not > start. > > I also noticed that on my broken desktop, console-kit-daemon is not > running. So far I have only found that console-kit-daemon may have > been started with /etc/rc.d/init.d/ConsoleKit circa Fedora 8. That > consoleKit service script been removed in Fedora 10 and I don't yet > know how console-kit-daemon is meant to be started. > > Is console-kit-daemon running even relevant to GDM adding ACLs for the > console user to access devices? Probably. Is this relevant to why > pulseaudio fails to start? Don't know as even when standard file > permissions, rather than ACLs, allowed access to /dev/snd/* pulseaudio > died on startup. > > From my functional home desktop ... > [mike@rockover ~]$ getfacl -p /dev/snd/controlC0 > # file: /dev/snd/controlC0 > # owner: root > # group: root > user::rw- > user:mike:rw- > group::rw- > mask::rw- > other::--- > (Same results of additional user mike ACL for all devices in /dev/snd/). > [mike@rockover ~]$ ck-list-sessions > Session4: > unix-user = '500' > realname = 'Mike Fleetwood,,,,' > seat = 'Seat1' > session-type = '' > active = TRUE > x11-display = ':0' > x11-display-device = '/dev/tty1' > display-device = '' > remote-host-name = '' > is-local = TRUE > on-since = '2009-04-08T19:06:01.429138Z' > login-session-id = '702' > [mike@rockover ~]$ ps -ef | fgrep console-kit-daemon > root 2477 1 0 Apr08 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon > mike 23954 19225 0 12:05 pts/0 00:00:00 fgrep console-kit-daemon > > From my broken work desktop ... > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ su - > Password: > [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# chmod o= /dev/snd/* > [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# setfacl -m u:mfleetwo:rw /dev/snd/* > [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# ls -l /dev/snd/* > crw-rw----+ 1 root root 116, 7 2009-04-22 13:13 /dev/snd/controlC0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root root 116, 6 2009-04-22 13:13 /dev/snd/hwC0D0 > crw-rw----+ 1 root root 116, 5 2009-05-06 12:15 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c > crw-rw----+ 1 root root 116, 4 2009-05-06 12:15 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p > crw-rw----+ 1 root root 116, 3 2009-04-22 13:13 /dev/snd/seq > crw-rw----+ 1 root root 116, 2 2009-04-22 13:13 /dev/snd/timer > [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# getfacl -p /dev/snd/controlC0 > # file: /dev/snd/controlC0 > # owner: root > # group: root > user::rw- > user:mfleetwo:rw- > group::rw- > mask::rw- > other::--- > [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# exit > logout > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog > I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. > I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges. > I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. > [WARN 9224] polkit-session.c:144:polkit_session_set_uid(): session != NULL > Not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ echo $? > 1 > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ ps -ef | fgrep pulseaudio > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ ck-list-sessions > > ** (ck-list-sessions:9244): WARNING **: Failed to get list of seats: > Cannot launch daemon, file not found or permissions invalid > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ ps -ef | fgrep console-kit-daemon I have identified that my issues are caused by SELinux. I have rebooted with enforcing=0 to switch SELinux into permissive mode and ConsoleKit and Pulseaudio start correctly and audacious plays music. Even after performing a full relabelling of the SELinux security context of all files by touching /.autorelabel and rebooting, SELinux in enforcing is preventing D-Bus starting ConsoleKit and Pulseaudio starting. Investigation into SELinux continuing. E.g. SELinux in enforcing mode: [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# id -Z unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# service messagebus status env: /etc/init.d/messagebus: Permission denied and SELinux in permissive mode: [root@mfleetwo3 ~]# service messagebus status dbus-daemon (pid 2736 2055) is running... Thanks, Mike -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines