KDE Speaker Icon reboots system - Solved

FastTurtle · Last edited by FastTurtle on Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:25 am; edited 1 time in total

Took a while but I finally got sound working but now I have an issue when clicking on the speaker icon. If I try to adjust anything using it, the system reboots instantly.

Much faster then the power button does :lol:

I have two choices, either fix the problem or simply remove the speaker indicator - fix is preferred so any help on finding the issue is acceptable

Turns out the problem was kpipewire. Rebuilt correctly and it's now fixed
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Ralphred · l33t Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Posts: 765

FastTurtle · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:02 am Post subject:

it's the horizontal controls and nothing in dmesg as the system immediately reboots (pulls the plug).

just tested while working on this post and yep. Pulled plug and rebooted so

As to the Sound Card, it's being detected as a Cmedia with Speaker and Mic. It's muted in system settings but the systray icon offers a quick and dirty reboot method that I'd much rather avoid.

Will do an -e world rebuild and see if that'll fix the problem.
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FastTurtle · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:31 pm Post subject:

Since I'm doing a -e world rebuild, I decided to work on some of the other niggles but one thing I'm having trouble finding is where that system tray sound icon/setting lives.

I did test again and doesn't matter what I do, if I click on it, the system reboots instantly as though it lost power so something is screwed up.

Just checked in the settings app and I had changed things under power button to shutdown. I'll see if that's what caused the issue except for the reboot - may need to check bios to see if it reverted to power on instead of stay off.
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FastTurtle · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:24 am Post subject:

Finally identified the cause of the problem: Pipewire
for some reason when using the desktop icon, it sent a signal that caused a fast power off, resulting in the reboot.

Have rebuilt pipewire and hopefully, it's fixed

Edit:: Just checked and it's now giving me the vertical controls and didn't force the system reboot.
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FastTurtle · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:59 pm Post subject: Pipewire was not at fault

Solved my sudden system reboots

Turns out the issue was not Pipewire's fault by the cheap sound card I got for Linux. Nothing fancy but using a Creative Labs sound blaster chip. Discovered that the card was assembled wrong - speakers crossed L>R -- R>L so pulled it. Currently using the HDMI driver from the GPU - Monitor has a port for sound bars so it works well enough for now.

Anyone experiencing a similar issue, test the speaker config and see if things are crossed as I discovered. No I'm not sure if the card is bad but I also don't plan on finding out when it fries a $1,000 mobo (server/workstation)

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