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tywjohn
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 Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:37 pm Post subject: pipewire works but pactl connection refused |
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I am running gnome and pipewire is working. No problem with sound at all.
However, I don't see the volume widget in the upper right menu and the sound settings show no devices. I also noticed that when I run 'pactl info' I get connection refused. I suspect this is all related.
I have followed the pipewire wiki page closely and I cannot figure out what I have done wrong.
Any tips? |
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flexibeast
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| Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Odd.
Firstly, can you please confirm that the necessary processes are running, via `pgrep -a pipewire` and `pgrep -a wireplumber`? The first command should result in two lines of output (the numbers will almost certainly be different):
| Code: | 3572 /usr/bin/pipewire
3574 /usr/bin/pipewire -c pipewire-pulse.conf |
The second line of output here is the most important one; it's the process which allows programs that only use Pulse, instead of PipeWire, to output audio.
And the second command should result in one line of output (and again, the number will almost certainly be different):
| Code: | | 3567 /usr/bin/wireplumber |
Could you also please indicate whether you're using systemd or OpenRC, as that will influence what commands people suggest to try to address the issue.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:20 am Post subject: |
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I ran those commands and it seems wireplumber isn't running. But I do have it installed.
I'm using openrc. |
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flexibeast
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:59 am Post subject: |
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Well, you certainly need to have WirePlumber running; that's the PipeWire session manager.
How are you starting things up? Are you using the `gentoo-pipewire-launcher` command? That should have started a WirePlumber process for you; if one isn't running, it might be that the process has either failed to start, or started and crashed, for some reason.
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tywjohn
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:45 am Post subject: |
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well since I'm running gnome I don't think I need to do anything according to the wiki. /etc/xdg/autostart/pipewire.desktop should run automatically which is has I assume pipewire is starting.
Why wireplumber isn't starting too, I don't know.
Should I be able to run wireplumber manually? When I do it just says failed to connect to pipewire.
If I run 'gentoo-pipewire-launcher restart' manually, wireplumber is still not running. |
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tywjohn
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I just enabled logging in gentoo-pipewire-launcher and I get the following:
cat pipewire-log
[2024-10-05T11:19:42ACST] Starting PipeWire.
[W][00474.586164] pw.context | [ context.c: 494 pw_context_new()] 0x5802f70bccb0: no modules loaded from context.modules
cat pipewire-pulse-log
[2024-10-05T11:19:42ACST] Starting PipeWire-Pulse.
[E][00474.588821] mod.fallback-sink | [module-fallback-: 426 pipewire__module_init()] can't connect: Host is down
[E][00474.588858] default | [ cmd.c: 51 do_cmd()] can't run command load-module module-always-sink: Host is down
[E][00474.589121] mod.protocol-pulse | [ pulse-server.c: 1082 do_set_client_name()] 0x555eb463e6b0: failed to connect client: Host is down
[W][00474.589132] mod.protocol-pulse | [ reply.c: 54 reply_error()] client 0x555eb464ac70 [GNOME Shell Volume Control]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIENT_NAME) tag:1 error:6 (Host is down)
[E][00474.589213] mod.protocol-pulse | [ pulse-server.c: 1082 do_set_client_name()] 0x555eb463e6b0: failed to connect client: Host is down
[W][00474.589218] mod.protocol-pulse | [ reply.c: 54 reply_error()] client 0x555eb464ba20 [GNOME Volume Control Media Keys]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIENT_NAME) tag:1 error:6 (Host is down)
[E][00479.584228] mod.protocol-pulse | [ pulse-server.c: 1082 do_set_client_name()] 0x555eb463e6b0: failed to connect client: Host is down
[W][00479.594127] mod.protocol-pulse | [ reply.c: 54 reply_error()] client 0x555eb4655f50 [GNOME Volume Control Media Keys]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIENT_NAME) tag:1 error:6 (Host is down)
[E][00479.595007] mod.protocol-pulse | [ pulse-server.c: 1082 do_set_client_name()] 0x555eb463e6b0: failed to connect client: Host is down
[W][00479.595048] mod.protocol-pulse | [ reply.c: 54 reply_error()] client 0x555eb464ba20 [GNOME Shell Volume Control]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIENT_NAME) tag:1 error:6 (Host is down)
cat wireplumber-log
[2024-10-05T11:19:43ACST] Starting WirePlumber.
Failed to connect to PipeWire |
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tywjohn
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| I just figured it out. I have a local config file in .config/pipewire/pipewire.conf. For whatever reason this was causing the issue. After removing the file, everything is working |
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flexibeast
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:13 am Post subject: |
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Oh, sorry; i don't use a Desktop Environment like GNOME or KDE, and forget that DEs typically use XDG autostart ....
There's currently another thread about the "Host is down" error, in the context of a KDE setup. i'm not sure what's going on. (My own PipeWire+WirePlumber setup is continuing to work without issues, although my GUI is Wayfire.)
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