In one of the last updates of packages, I can unfortunetily not recognise when and which package it was, something with my sound and probably in general with media got broken.
Every time I want to start anything with sound, like an mp3-file, spotify or even a YouTube video, I do not hear any sound. YouTube videos do not even play.
This is the case until I run this command here:
systemctl --user restart pipewire
Then it works for this session until I change the source of the sound, like stopping spotify and starting it again, or starting a new youtube video. This became quite annoying.
Interestingly, this happens on two different computers, both with Manjaro and newest packages.
A status for pipewire does not show any errors:
Apr 30 22:57:22 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
The journalctl shows how often I need to restart it:
journalctl --user -u pipewire --since "10 minutes ago"
Apr 30 22:55:54 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Stopping PipeWire Multimedia Service...
Apr 30 22:55:54 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Stopped PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Apr 30 22:55:54 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Apr 30 22:57:22 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Stopping PipeWire Multimedia Service...
Apr 30 22:57:22 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Stopped PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Apr 30 22:57:22 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Apr 30 23:03:25 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Stopping PipeWire Multimedia Service...
Apr 30 23:03:25 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Stopped PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Apr 30 23:03:25 Mycroft systemd[1570]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
My system info from inxi:
inxi -F
System:
Host: Mycroft Kernel: 6.12.21-4-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550M AORUS ELITE v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550M AORUS ELITE v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F13a
date: 01/27/2021
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1734 min/max: 550/4651 cores: 1: 1734 2: 1734 3: 1734
4: 1734 5: 1734 6: 1734 7: 1734 8: 1734 9: 1734 10: 1734 11: 1734 12: 1734
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650] driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C310 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 2560x1440~60Hz
2: 2560x1440~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,nvidia,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07
renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
API: ALSA v: k6.12.21-4-MANJARO status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: f6:58:f4:e1:c3:a2
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: b4:2e:99:f2:78:7b
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: 9a:5b:92:ed:b3:0d
IF-ID-2: vethc096f13 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: a6:1b:ec:17:11:41
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 336.88 GiB (24.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 922.41 GiB used: 336.88 GiB (36.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 752 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 922.41 GiB used: 336.88 GiB (36.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0
ID-4: /var/log size: 922.41 GiB used: 336.88 GiB (36.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/dm-1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.8 C mobo: 30.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.29 GiB used: 8.32 GiB (26.6%)
Processes: 416 Uptime: 7d 4h 25m Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.38
I am honestly not sure what other info I should provide, but I can sent everything which is of help.
What is interesting is that this is actually happening on two different computers. The output here, of course is one single one
Does anybody have a hunch what that can be? I have seen quite a few audiobugs in this forum here, which looked similar, but not quite some which looked like mine