On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:14:46 +0200 Valerio Vanni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: timidity-daemon > Version: 2.13.2-40.1 > Followup-For: Bug #745373 > > > - change the home dir of the timidity user (e.g. with usermod) to > > /var/run/timidity where he actually has writing rights. > > I've tried to change it by hand in /etc/passwd. > But it doesn't work, midi applications still require exclusive access. > You are right Valerio, my proposal merely fixes the error about not finding the cookie. > > I get these message trying to start a midi application (but they are present > even when timidity works thanks to no concurrency) > > Sep 25 02:07:16 newton pulseaudio[28411]: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable > to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to > autolaunch > a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 > Sep 25 02:07:16 newton pulseaudio[28411]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to > contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a > dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 > I think the issue is that timidity is started at system boot, in particular before pulseaudio, as the timidity user, while pulseaudio is launched at login from the user session. Maybe the definitive solution is to launch a timidity instance when the user logs in. I tried this way. 1. Remove /etc/init.d/timidity 2. Add a systemd user unit for timidity in a file named /etc/systemd/user/timidity.service (a package would copy it in /usr/lib/systemd/user instead), this is the unit file: -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Unit] Description=TiMidity++ Daemon After=sound.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/timidity -iA -Os [Install] WantedBy=default.target -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Enable the unit for all users: sudo systemctl --global enable timidity.service a package could call that in a postinst hook. Now log out from every user session and at the next login the timidity instance should be loaded as the user itself and would play nicely with pulseaudio, it will be seen as an alsa plugin. Could you please test this way and let me know if it solves the problem for you? If so we could prepare patches for the timidity package, if the maintainer agrees. Ciao ciao, Antonio -- Antonio Ospite http://ao2.it A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
