Oh! I just forgot to say that my user belongs to "audio" group. And that it worked yesterday (i.e. before I rebooted & updated my Ubuntu 15.10)!!!!!
** Description changed: Arrrrrrggggggg.... This is driving me crazzzzzyyyy.... Not sure this is the right place, but I can't find why pa refuses to play my sound!!!! I'm trying to play a sound every hour, so I added the following line to my /etc/crontab: 0 */1 * * * user /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh My alarm.sh script is: #!/usr/bin/env bash export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority /usr/bin/mplayer -ao pulse -vo null /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg - When I redirect the output of mplayer, I get: + When I redirect the output of mplayer, I get: AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' I don't understand why, since cron is supposed to run the command as "user". I've tried millions of things: $ env -i - $ /home/gmuller/Softs/alarm.sh + $ /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ sh - $ /home/gmuller/Softs/alarm.sh + $ /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i - $ . /home/gmuller/Softs/alarm.sh + $ . /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ sh - $ . /home/gmuller/Softs/alarm.sh + $ . /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ sh - $ su gmuller -c '/usr/bin/paplay /home/gmuller/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg > /tmp/paplay_alarm 2>&1' + $ su user -c '/usr/bin/paplay /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg => asks for passwd, but works I've also changed the last line of my alarm.sh script with: /usr/bin/paplay /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg or: - su gmuller -c '/usr/bin/paplay /home/gmuller/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg > /tmp/paplay_alarm 2>&1' + su gmuller -c '/usr/bin/paplay /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg' I get the (same) error: Connection failure: Connection refused pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused Is the problem with my knowledge of pulseaudio, with pulseaudio's right management, or am I just crazily stupid? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575118 Title: "AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused" with mplayer from cron Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Arrrrrrggggggg.... This is driving me crazzzzzyyyy.... Not sure this is the right place, but I can't find why pa refuses to play my sound!!!! I'm trying to play a sound every hour, so I added the following line to my /etc/crontab: 0 */1 * * * user /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh My alarm.sh script is: #!/usr/bin/env bash export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority /usr/bin/mplayer -ao pulse -vo null /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg When I redirect the output of mplayer, I get: AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' I don't understand why, since cron is supposed to run the command as "user". I've tried millions of things: $ env -i $ /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ sh $ /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ . /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ sh $ . /home/user/Softs/alarm.sh => works $ env -i $ sh $ su user -c '/usr/bin/paplay /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg => asks for passwd, but works I've also changed the last line of my alarm.sh script with: /usr/bin/paplay /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg or: su gmuller -c '/usr/bin/paplay /home/user/.sounds/alarm_clock_short.ogg' I get the (same) error: Connection failure: Connection refused pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused Is the problem with my knowledge of pulseaudio, with pulseaudio's right management, or am I just crazily stupid? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1575118/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
