No system audio with pulseaudio

Syt · 28 May 2023 21:34

i recently swapped from pipewire to pulse audio and now i get no system audio with pulseaudio, what do i do?

nikgnomic · 28 May 2023 21:46

I suggest you delete PulseAudio user configuration files that may contain old settings from before change to PipeWire) and reboot system so PulseAudio creates new configuration files

rm ~/.config/pulse/*; reboot

If audio is not working after reboot, check systemd units are active and error-free

systemctl --user -l --no-pager status pulseaudio.{socket,service} pipewire.{socket,service}

and check Profiles/Ports for audio playback are available

pactl list cards

Syt · 28 May 2023 21:52

for the second command i get the output

● pulseaudio.socket - Sound System
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2023-05-28 23:49:33 BST; 1min 45s ago
   Triggers: ● pulseaudio.service
     Listen: /run/user/1000/pulse/native (Stream)
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pulseaudio.socket

May 28 23:49:33 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ systemd[1068]: Listening on Sound System.

● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2023-05-28 23:49:34 BST; 1min 43s ago
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
   Main PID: 1249 (pulseaudio)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 19076)
     Memory: 35.0M
        CPU: 115ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pulseaudio.service
             ├─1249 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=journal
             └─1583 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper

May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ systemd[1068]: Starting Sound Service...
May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ pulseaudio[1249]: Failed to open cookie file '/home/ae/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ pulseaudio[1249]: Failed to load authentication key '/home/ae/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ pulseaudio[1249]: stat('/etc/pulse/default.pa.d'): No such file or directory
May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ systemd[1068]: Started Sound Service.

● pipewire.socket - PipeWire Multimedia System Socket
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2023-05-28 23:49:33 BST; 1min 45s ago
   Triggers: ● pipewire.service
     Listen: /run/user/1000/pipewire-0 (Stream)
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pipewire.socket

May 28 23:49:33 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ systemd[1068]: Listening on PipeWire Multimedia System Socket.

● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2023-05-28 23:49:34 BST; 1min 43s ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1555 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 19076)
     Memory: 4.9M
        CPU: 25ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─1555 /usr/bin/pipewire

May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ systemd[1068]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ pipewire[1555]: mod.rt: Can't find org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop. Is xdg-desktop-portal running?
May 28 23:49:34 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ pipewire[1555]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal

For the second command i get the output

Card #0
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_0b_00.1
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 6
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 78"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0b:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0b:00.1/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "10de"
		device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
		device.product.id = "10fa"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "HDA NVidia"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 38668, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 33568, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 33568, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: output:hdmi-stereo
	Ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				device.product.name = "32W_LCD_TV
  "
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #1
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_0d_00.4
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 7
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xf7800000 irq 80"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0d:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0d:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 32833, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 39268, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 39333, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1300, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1200, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1300, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1200, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1300, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-71: Analog Surround 7.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1200, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 7.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 38268, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 38333, available: yes)
		output:iec958-ac3-surround-51: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 300, available: yes)
		output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 33133, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
	Ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8500, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8200, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-linein: Line In (type: Line, priority: 8100, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (type: Line, priority: 9000, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-71, output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (type: SPDIF, priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo

what do i do?

cscs · 28 May 2023 21:56

Pipewire is still running.

How did you

?

Syt · 28 May 2023 21:57

i ran the command

pamac remove manjaro-pipewire

then

pamac install --no-upgrade pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa

cscs · 28 May 2023 21:59

On rolling systems you shouldnt usually avoid upgrades before installing something new.

Also … the metapackages exist for a reason.

Instead please run

pamac install manjaro-pulse

Syt · 28 May 2023 23:14

that didnt work, it just ran in terminal for over an hour then crashed

cscs · 28 May 2023 23:26

What crashed how ?
We cant help without information.
In this case logs might be found in /var/log/pacman.log
(yes pamac uses pacmans log file)

nikgnomic · 28 May 2023 23:36

Dependency issue with manjaro-pulse was reported to package maintainer in February

Cant switch back from manjaro-pulse to manjaro-pipewire to manjaro-pulse

The manjaro-pulse and manjaro-pipwire meta packages are only provided as a convenience. Manual intervention is required. There’s no way around it, unfortunately. If they’re causing too much confusion and problems, they can be dropped.

Metapackage manjaro-pulse did not work for OP when it was suggested in previous topic

--no-install option was suggested to ensure only PulseAudio packages were installed to avoid another failure with pacman/pamac
pulseaudio-bluetooth was omitted because inxi data shows no Bluetooth devices present

manjaro-pulse cannot remove pipewire core package because KDE and Gnome require it as a dependency for wayland
Xfce DE does not not require pipewire but it is a required dependency for Telegram or OBS

nikgnomic · 29 May 2023 00:34

Try to remove pipewire package that provides the systemd units

pamac remove pipewire

If pamac can remove that package, pipewire dependency packages can be removed with

pamac remove --orphans

If pamac cannot remove the package, systemd units can be stopped and masked

systemctl --user stop pipewire.socket pipewire.service

systemctl --user mask pipewire.socket

systemctl --user mask pipewire.service

cscs · 29 May 2023 00:35

Wasnt aware of this.

I assume you mean --no-upgrade.
And still why though?
This is a recipe for a partial upgrade.

I just switched to pipewire using the meta package just fine.
Maybe the other way around is tougher?
Maybe its because I am up to date and use pacman.

nikgnomic · 29 May 2023 06:34

The same link and quote was posted to OP’s previous conversation following your suggestion to use
pacman install manjaro-pulse

Previous failures of pamac and pacman did not suggest any other packages were out of date

I probably added --no-upgrade to avoid repeat of original error where pamac failed to synchronise
with AUR database

Syt · 29 May 2023 08:39

i now have audio, thanks a lot to you and cscs

system · 31 May 2023 22:39

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