Bug#939563: pulseaudio: core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse)
Francesco Potortì
Potorti at isti.cnr.it
Fri Sep 6 12:19:35 BST 2019
Package: pulseaudio
Version: 12.99.2-1
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
I get the Subject lines in syslog every night. I include some extracts
from system log files. Apparently, a cron job starts as user nobody,
pulseaudio tries to start but cannot find a home. But I am not sure the
diagnosis is correct, and don't know why it started only after an
upgrade (did not happen in July).
- /var/log/auth.log
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano su: (to nobody) root on none
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano su: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0)
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0)
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano su: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user nobody
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano su: (to nobody) root on none
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano su: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0)
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano su: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user nobody
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano su: (to nobody) root on none
- /var/log/syslog
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of UID 65534.
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Starting User Runtime Directory /run/user/65534...
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Started User Runtime Directory /run/user/65534.
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 65534...
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[2187]: gpgconf: running /usr/bin/gpg-agent failed (exitcode=2): General error
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[2187]: gpgconf: fatal error (exit status 1)
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation).
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Timers.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on Sound System.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Paths.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Sockets.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Basic System.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 65534.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c104 of user nobody.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: session-c104.scope: Succeeded.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c105 of user nobody.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: session-c105.scope: Succeeded.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c106 of user nobody.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano pulseaudio[2199]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Main User Target.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Startup finished in 879ms.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano kernel: [3009404.547913] i2c i2c-0: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano kernel: [3009404.655785] [drm:radeon_vga_detect [radeon]] *ERROR* VGA-1: probed a monitor but no|invalid EDID
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano pulseaudio[2212]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano pulseaudio[2213]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano pulseaudio[2220]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano pulseaudio[2228]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.socket: Failed with result 'service-start-limit-hit'.
- /var/log/daemon.log
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of UID 65534.
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Starting User Runtime Directory /run/user/65534...
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Started User Runtime Directory /run/user/65534.
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 65534...
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[2187]: gpgconf: running /usr/bin/gpg-agent failed (exitcode=2): General error
Sep 6 07:39:49 tucano systemd[2187]: gpgconf: fatal error (exit status 1)
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation).
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Timers.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on Sound System.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Paths.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Sockets.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Basic System.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 65534.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c104 of user nobody.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: session-c104.scope: Succeeded.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c105 of user nobody.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: session-c105.scope: Succeeded.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c106 of user nobody.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano pulseaudio[2199]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Reached target Main User Target.
Sep 6 07:39:50 tucano systemd[2187]: Startup finished in 879ms.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano pulseaudio[2212]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:51 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano pulseaudio[2213]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:52 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano pulseaudio[2220]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Starting Sound Service...
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano pulseaudio[2228]: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/nonexistent/.config/pulse): No such file or directory
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:53 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: Stopped Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Sep 6 07:39:54 tucano systemd[2187]: pulseaudio.socket: Failed with result 'service-start-limit-hit'.
Sep 6 07:41:13 tucano systemd[1]: session-c106.scope: Succeeded.
-- Package-specific info:
File '/etc/default/pulseaudio' does not exist
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/etc/pulse/client.conf
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/etc/pulse/daemon.conf
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/etc/pulse/default.pa
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/etc/pulse/system.pa
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/tmp/bug-pulseaudio-aplay_-L.7BH4N3
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/tmp/bug-pulseaudio-pactl_list.oVay5N
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
-- BEGIN ATTACHMENTS --
/tmp/bug-pulseaudio-pactl_info.iDEf9d
-- END ATTACHMENTS --
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C:en_GB:en:en_US:it:fr:es (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages pulseaudio depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii init-system-helpers 1.57
ii libasound2 1.1.8-1
ii libasound2-plugins 1:1.1.8-dmo1
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libcap2 1:2.25-2
ii libdbus-1-3 1.12.16-1
ii libgcc1 1:9.2.1-4
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-2
ii libltdl7 2.4.6-9
ii liborc-0.4-0 1:0.4.28-3.1
ii libpulse0 12.99.2-1
ii libsm6 2:1.2.3-1
ii libsndfile1 1.0.28-6
ii libsoxr0 0.1.2-3
ii libspeexdsp1 1.2~rc1.2-1+b2
ii libstdc++6 9.2.1-4
ii libsystemd0 242-5
ii libtdb1 1.3.18-2
ii libudev1 242-5
ii libwebrtc-audio-processing1 0.3-1+b1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.7-1
ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.6.7-1
ii libxcb1 1.13.1-2
ii libxtst6 2:1.2.3-1
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
ii pulseaudio-utils 12.99.2-1
Versions of packages pulseaudio recommends:
ii dbus-user-session 1.12.16-1
ii libpam-systemd 242-5
ii rtkit 0.12-4
Versions of packages pulseaudio suggests:
ii paman 0.9.4-1+b3
ii paprefs 1.1-1
ii pavucontrol 3.0-4
ii pavumeter 0.9.3-4+b3
ii udev 242-5
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