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o5gmmob8
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 Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:02 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] sound no longer working |
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I setup my system to use pipewire: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PipeWire#USE_flags
I had it working at some point, but only after I installed pavucontrol. I was (and still am) unable to use wpctl to control the volume. I could set the volume via pactl.
Now, I only get sound when I connect my bluetooth earbuds. Without them connected, I only see dummy output. I did rebuild my system after changing use flags, but I don't believe pipewire was rebuilt. If I go to the configuration tab in pavucontrol, I don't see any cards available for configuration.
Any ideas as to what I should check?
emerge --info
https://bpa.st/QHCQ
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alamahant
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| Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Plz post
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emerge -pv pipewire libpulse pulseaudio
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Did you change recently maybe the kernel config?
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| Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:35 am Post subject: |
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emerge -pv pipewire libpulse pulseaudio
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 2.41 s (backtrack: 0/20).
[ebuild R ] media-video/pipewire-1.2.7:0/0.4::gentoo USE="bluetooth dbus echo-cancel man readline sound-server ssl v4l -X -doc -elogind -extra -ffmpeg -flatpak -gsettings -gstreamer -ieee1394 -jack-client -jack-sdk -liblc3 -lv2 -modemmanager -pipewire-alsa -roc (-selinux) (-system-service) -systemd -test -zeroconf" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB
[ebuild R ] media-libs/libpulse-17.0::gentoo USE="X asyncns dbus glib gtk -doc (-selinux) -systemd -test -valgrind" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB
[ebuild N ] media-sound/pulseaudio-16.1::gentoo USE="bluetooth glib jack -daemon -ofono-headset" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB
Total: 3 packages (1 new, 2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
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I don't believe I changed the kernel config, no. |
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o5gmmob8
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:40 am Post subject: |
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I rebuilt the kernel with the out of the box configuration and I still have no sound except for when I connect bluetooth. It is strange because I can see it detects an Intel HDA soundcard and loads the appropriate kernel modules.
When I got it working earlier, I had to go into pavucontrol and change the configuration to select a different sink, but the configuration tab itself is showing no cards available for configuration. I went through the pipewire configuration again and noticed that the conf files that were supposed to be copied to cp /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf did not exist. I know I copied them there earlier, but even after copying them there now, it is still not working.
On a positive note, the system is stable unless I mess it up . |
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reith
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe it's related to the problem I had earlier today. Check if `pactl list sinks` shows the port as available or unavailable. |
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o5gmmob8
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, but hmm, pactl shows no cards:
| Code: | pactl list cards
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I see I didn't install sof-firmware, but I didn't have that before and I didn't install it because I believe I have an older CPU. But I will give that a try.
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Installing sof-firmware did NOT help. I went through the pipewire guide again: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PipeWire/en and changed my start-sway script from exec dbus-run-session sway to exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session. That didn't make any difference though. |
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reith
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| what does `aplay -l` say? |
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o5gmmob8
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| It says 'no soundcards found...' |
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reith
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| o5gmmob8 wrote: | | It says 'no soundcards found...' |
can you confirm `snd_hda_intel` kernel module is loaded and `alsa-lib` is installed?
do you see cards in `ls /dev/snd` run by your regular user? If not, double check you're still a member of group `audio`. I know it was suggested otherwise in pipewire wiki. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, snd_hda_intel is loaded and alsa-lib is installed. |
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o5gmmob8
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| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I tried changing the permissions of /dev/snd to pipewire (it was audio) as well as reverting back to audio and then making myself a member of the audio group, logging out and logging back in. I still only see 'Dummy Output' in pavucontrol. |
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o5gmmob8
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 2:30 am Post subject: |
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I figured it out, I ended up coming back to this thread again:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8854369.html#8854369
EDIT: I had to kill existing pipewire instances. I changed my sway config to:
| Code: | | exec gentoo-pipewire-launcher restart & |
It was:
| Code: | | exec gentoo-pipewire-launcher & |
So, though it seems like marginal gains, I don't like the idea of my pipewire session lingering in the background once I exit sway. The lifetime for this is small since I log into the console and then spend 99.995% of my time there. I suspect that I must have copied the xinit settings since I have i3 on my mind. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:50 am Post subject: |
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You can try running pw daemon as an actual system service rather than having a bunch of per-user instances stepping on each others' toes. You know, the old-school way. There is a simple conversion guide in tips & tricks
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Guide for open-rc: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1152524.html
I think systemd users can get a similar result by just flipping a USE flag, but with information from that topic you could as well write your own unit files (or scripts for any other init of choice) if necessary.
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