System log displays PulseAudio's authkey.c error messages
Issue
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RHEL 7 /var/log/messages displays these messages:
pulseaudio[14809]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authentication key '/home/xxxxxx/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory pulseaudio[14809]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authentication key '/home/xxxxxx/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory pulseaudio[14809]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/xxxxxx/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory pulseaudio[14809]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/xxxxxx/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory -
RHEL 8 /var/log/messages displays these messages:
pulseaudio[2391]: Failed to open cookie file '/home/test1/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory pulseaudio[2391]: Failed to load authentication key '/home/test1/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory pulseaudio[2391]: Failed to open cookie file '/home/test1/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory pulseaudio[2391]: Failed to load authentication key '/home/test1/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7/8
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