Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: pulseaudio
Required steps:
Make a new user account. log in to it (or you could just delete the current
~/.pulse directory). Totem cant play sound.
Running pulseaudio in terminal gives:
$ pulseaudio
......
....
E: core-util.c: Failed to symlink
/home/josh/.pulse/f47b6620623e1e4eae6b248a489f8dd3:runtime to
/tmp/pulse-0qgfBbCBwzk4: No such file or directory
$
If you create the directory ~/.pulse, pulseaudio can sucessfully create
the symlink inside it, and then start. Without the directory already
existing it fails to start
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
Installed: 0.9.12-0ubuntu1~ppa3
Candidate: 0.9.12-0ubuntu1~ppa3
Version table:
*** 0.9.12-0ubuntu1~ppa3 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.9.10-2ubuntu3 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[ppa 0.9.12] pulse doesnt create ~/.pulse directory when making symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269149
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