Issue
No audio output, output sink suspended.
Running updated Manjaro KDE, sound would work but stop after inactivity. Restarting pulseaudio did not fix the issue, only rebooting the system. Journald showed “pulseaudio - failed to create sink input: sink is suspended”.
When audio output stopped, mpv also stopped playing videos - I could open them and seek, but pressing ‘play’ would do nothing.
The output of inxi -Aazy was:
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.36-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Relevant reports
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114602/pulseaudio-sink-always-suspended
- Sound Stopped Working - #3 by Rhaom
- PipeWire - Gentoo wiki
Device specific information
This may not be relevant since it seems like the audio issues only occurred with older kernels:
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/1200213/audio-fix-for-2015-google-chromebook-pixel-ii
- Chromebook Pixel 2 - ArchWiki
Attempted fixes
I considered that the issue was ‘suspend on idle’ as mentioned in [1], but I thought it seemed more likely, based off [2], that the issue was a clash between pulseaudio and pipewire as shown by inxi -Aazy above.
So I followed [2] and ran pamac install manjaro pipewire, which changed these packages:
package changes
To install (6):
pipewire-media-session 1:0.3.28-0 (Required By: manjaro-pipewire) extra 122.5 kB
pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.28-0 (Required By: manjaro-pipewire) extra 5.1 kB
pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.28-0 (Required By: manjaro-pipewire) extra 21.1 kB
pipewire-jack 1:0.3.28-0 (Required By: manjaro-pipewire) extra 103.4 kB
gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.28-0 (Required By: manjaro-pipewire) extra 51.5 kB
manjaro-pipewire 20210425-2 community 3.6 kB
To remove (8):
pulseaudio-zeroconf 14.2-3 (Depends On: pulseaudio) extra
pulseaudio-lirc 14.2-3 (Depends On: pulseaudio) extra
pulseaudio-equalizer 14.2-3 (Depends On: pulseaudio) extra
pulseaudio-rtp 14.2-3 (Depends On: pulseaudio) extra
pulseaudio-jack 14.2-3 (Depends On: pulseaudio) extra
manjaro-pulse 20210109-1 (Conflicts With: manjaro-pipewire) extra
pulseaudio-bluetooth 14.2-3 (Conflicts With: pipewire-pulse) extra
pulseaudio 14.2-3 (Conflicts With: pipewire-pulse) extra
After rebooting, inxi -Aazy gave:
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.36-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Audio still did not work (although videos didn’t hang), so I tried installing pulseeffects and rebooted again. Nothing changed.
At this point the output of pactl info was:
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 34
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 54
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: [CENSORED]
Host Name: [CENSORED]
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.28)
Server Version: 14.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.platform-bdw-rt5677.HiFi__hw_bdwrt5677__sink
Default Source: alsa_input.platform-bdw-rt5677.HiFi__hw_bdwrt5677__source
Cookie: d527:a8c2
Running pactl list sinks also shows :
Sink #44
State: SUSPENDED
Name: alsa_output.platform-bdw-rt5677.HiFi__hw_bdwrt5677__sink
Description: Built-in Audio Headphones + Speakers
Driver: PipeWire
### truncated ###
Going off the information in [3], I’ve realized that if pipewire appears to be running according to pactl info, this is likely an ALSA issue.
I can’t really find any information about ALSA sinks always being suspended. Maybe this has something to do with documented old device issues (see [4] and [5]), but I can’t make heads or tails of that information.
Audio does play through bluetooth earphones, which show up as:
Sink #65
State: RUNNING
Name: bluez_output.E8_07_BF_72_B4_68.a2dp-sink
Description: SoundBuds Slim
Driver: PipeWire
### truncated ###
After disconnecting the bluetooth, though, pactl list sinks gives:
pactl list sinks
Sink #48
State: RUNNING
Name: alsa_output.platform-bdw-rt5677.HiFi__hw_bdwrt5677__sink
Description: Built-in Audio Headphones + Speakers
Driver: PipeWire
Sample Specification: s24-32le 2ch 48000Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Owner Module: 4294967295
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 32768 / 50% / -18.06 dB, front-right: 32768 / 50% / -18.06 dB
balance 0.00
Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
Monitor Source: alsa_output.platform-bdw-rt5677.HiFi__hw_bdwrt5677__sink.monitor
Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
Properties:
object.path = "alsa:pcm:0:hw:bdwrt5677:playback"
api.alsa.path = "hw:bdwrt5677"
api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
audio.channels = "2"
audio.position = "FL,FR"
device.routes = "2"
alsa.mixer_device = "hw:bdwrt5677"
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = ""
alsa.id = "System Playback/Capture (*)"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "bdw-rt5677"
alsa.long_card_name = "bdw-rt5677"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sst_bdw_rt5677_mach"
device.profile.name = "HiFi: hw:bdwrt5677: sink"
device.profile.description = "Headphones + Speakers"
card.profile.device = "0"
device.id = "45"
factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
priority.driver = "1000"
priority.session = "1000"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
node.nick = "bdw-rt5677"
node.name = "alsa_output.platform-bdw-rt5677.HiFi__hw_bdwrt5677__sink"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Headphones + Speakers"
device.icon_name = "audio-card"
node.pause-on-idle = "false"
factory.id = "18"
client.id = "32"
node.driver = "true"
factory.mode = "merge"
audio.adapt.follower = ""
library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
object.id = "48"
node.max-latency = "1024/48000"
Ports:
[Out] Headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 300, availability group: Headphone, not available)
[Out] Speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 100, availability unknown)
Active Port: [Out] Speaker
Formats:
pcm
Reconnecting the bluetooth again doesn’t work, even though it shows up with pactl as before. I’ve also checked alsamixer and made sure everything was unmuted.
What should I do from here? Should I revert to pulseaudio and see if it works when the sink is not suspended? Why did the bluetooth work once then fail?
Output of inxi --full --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
inxi
System: Kernel: 5.10.36-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.5
tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Samus v: EVT1 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 9
serial: <filter>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Samus v: EVT1 serial: <filter> UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.12
date: 06/04/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.5 Wh (74.0%) condition: 65.5/72.3 Wh (90.6%) volts: 8.0 min: 7.6
model: SMP-ATL A55 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 388
Memory: RAM: total: 15.51 GiB used: 5.26 GiB (33.9%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache:
L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 19161
Speed: 2512 MHz min/max: 500/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2512 2: 2692 3: 2836 4: 2581
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts
clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad
erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae
pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology
xtpr
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Silicon Motion NCM-G102 type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 2232:6001
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa resolution: 2560x1700~60Hz s-dpi: 192
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.36-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 1840 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:4
chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical: Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-a96e049c-e778-4268-bf3f-24bda6abb66c type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 59.32 GiB
Components: p-1: sda2
RAID: Message: No RAID data found.
Drives: Local Storage: total: 242.97 GiB used: 243.68 GiB (100.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: RBU-SUS151S364GD size: 59.63 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 02.3 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Generic model: Power Saving USB size: 183.35 GiB
serial: <filter> rev: 0260 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition: ID-1: / size: 58.09 GiB used: 36.21 GiB (62.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: luks-a96e049c-e778-4268-bf3f-24bda6abb66c label: N/A
uuid: 7ec25ccd-995c-42df-9a15-e4776a67ccd5
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 448 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: 7C26-72F2
ID-3: /home/<filter>/nextcloud size: 1 PiB used: 207.47 GiB (0.0%) fs: fuse.rclone
source: ERR-102 label: N/A uuid: N/A
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sdb1 size: 183.33 GiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 11 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Genesys Logic microSD Reader/Writer type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05e3:0727
class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Silicon Motion NCM-G102 type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 2232:6001 class-ID: 0e02
Device-3: 1-8:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 95.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 258 Uptime: 6h 22m wakeups: 6 Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1580 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.04