No sound with most apps, exception: mpv Media Player

[nikgnomic]

@prune

Do you have a documentation link?

ArchWiki - WirePlumber - Disable audio stack integration suggests disable wireplumber.service only, but service can also be masked if it is restarted when system is rebooted

@nikgnomic

inxi data shows PulseAudio is active and pulseaudio-alsa is installed to use PulseAudio as default ALSA output

Wireplumber is a session/policy manager for PipeWire and is not needed if PipeWire is not running

Try masking the service

systemctl --user mask wireplumber.service

@planet86

systemctl --user mask wireplumber.service                                                                                                                                                          

Created symlink '/home/workstation/.config/systemd/user/wireplumber.service' → '/dev/null'.

Why it created a symlink ?

@nikgnomic

Linux TLDR - Systemctl Mask vs Systemctl Disable

if you mask your services using the systemctl mask command, no matter what services or dependencies require your service, it will not start manually or on the system boot.

This is all done with the help of symbolic links also known as symlinks

In the systemctl mask command, the service is a symlink to the /dev/null file. which makes it impossible to start on system boot or manually by you, even if it is required by another service or dependency.

Using the systemctl unmask command will delete the symlink to /dev/null