Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/1000/pulse): Permission denied, external mysql difficulties

[Peter C. Ndikuwera]

Here's the Ubuntu bug

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1197395



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On 7 December 2013 16:00, Peter C. Ndikuwera <pndiku at gmail.com> wrote:

> Concerning /run/user/1000/pulse,
>
> There's a KDE issue (don't remember which version it affected) where
> /run/user/${ID}/pulse would wrongly be set up with root:root permissions,
> so your audio wouldn't work.
>
> Just do a chown on that directory and you'll be good to go.
>
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>
> On 7 December 2013 15:49, Edward Toroshchin <edward.hades at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> Thanks for helping us fix bugs! We always appreciate the effort.
>>
>> Let me try to help you resolve your problems.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 12:51:46PM -0800, Alan Ezust wrote:
>> > Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/1000/pulse): Permission
>> denied
>>
>> I believe your 'kde' user does not have the appropriate permissions. Try
>> running these commands:
>>
>>  id kde
>>  id <your username>
>>
>> This will show you, to which groups you and the 'kde' user belong. Most
>> probably you will have to add your 'kde' user to one of the groups your
>> user belongs to, most probably 'pulseaudio' or 'audio'.
>>
>> You may also refer to Ubuntu documentation regarding audio subsystem
>> troubleshooting.
>>
>> > What did I do wrong? How does one copy an existing external amarok mysql
>> > database and use that instead of the original?
>>
>> I think mysql does not recognize the new database if you simply copy the
>> old one.
>>
>> I would personally try to duplicate the database by dumping the old one
>> and recreating the new from the dump. Something along the lines of:
>>
>>     # rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/amarok3
>>     # mysqladmin create amarok3
>>     # mysqldump amarok | mysql -b amarok3
>>
>> (you might need to provide the mysql login credentials to the mysql*
>> commands with appropriate -u and -p options)
>>
>> I hope this helps and we're looking forward to your contributions.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> Edward "Hades" Toroshchin
>> dr_lepper on irc.freenode.org
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