Background
Audio has been working fine on my system, and I normally use pavucontrol to manage audio. But, Discord keeps switching to a non-working HDMI sink. Nothing else switches automatically, just Discord. I can disable the device in pavucontrol, or manually override the Discord settings, but neither of these is a persistent fix so I have to repeat the override every time. I finally decided to try to disable HDMI audio permanently, since I don’t use it.
How I broke it
Several people online suggested to edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and comment out load-module module-switch-on-connect. On my system that line does not exist in default.pa, but I did find load-module module-switch-on-port-available and commented it out. (Someone else said that worked for them so it wasn’t just a guess.)
Then I ran pulseaudio -k to restart pulseaudio, whereupon it failed to start. So I went back into the config and uncommented the line I commented out before, but now it still fails to start, even though the configuration file is exactly the same as when it was working before. I tried rebooting and that did not fix anything. I tried reinstalling pulseaudio and that did not fix anything. The file /etc/pulse/default.pa and the script /usr/bin/pulseaudio still exist, and the pulseaudio package is installed, but somehow broken. Apparently the change to the config file caused a permanent and breaking change elsewhere.
What I tried
- edited config file and restarted pulseaudio
- reverted config file and attempted to restart pulseaudio
- rebooted
- reinstalled pulseaudio and attempted to start systemd
Some symptoms in its current broken state:
Summary
$ pulseaudio --check
$ pulseaudio -v -D
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
$ journalctl -u pulseaudio
-- No entries --
$ systemctl start pulseaudio
Failed to start pulseaudio.service: Unit pulseaudio.service not found.
$ sudo pacman -Q | grep pulseaudio
pulseaudio 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.12-6
pulseaudio-bluetooth 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
pulseaudio-ctl 1.70-1
pulseaudio-equalizer 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa 3.0.2-11
pulseaudio-jack 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
pulseaudio-lirc 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
pulseaudio-qt 1.8.1-1
pulseaudio-rtp 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
pulseaudio-zeroconf 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin 0.5.1-1
$ grep switch /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-switch-on-port-available
$ pavucontrol
<hangs, trying to connect>
$ pactl info
Connection failure: Connection refused
$ systemctl | grep pulse
<no output>
inxi -zv8
Summary
System:
Kernel: 6.18.49-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
root=UUID=c5dd873d-0d4f-48aa-b0a3-5bbcae2e8314 rw quiet
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.2 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.52 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver avail: light-locker vt: 1
dm: LightDM v: 1.33.1 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 1805 date: 10/30/2024
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse
serial: <filter> charge: 10% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 128 GiB available: 125.51 GiB used: 8.96 GiB (7.1%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 256 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 64 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Controller0-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G
serial: <filter>
Device-2: Controller0-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G
serial: <filter>
Device-3: Controller1-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G
serial: <filter>
Device-4: Controller1-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G
serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x137
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 24 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 2x4 MiB L3: 30 MiB desc: 1x30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 904 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 904 2: 904 3: 904 4: 904
5: 904 6: 904 7: 904 8: 904 9: 904 10: 904 11: 904 12: 904 13: 904 14: 904
15: 904 16: 904 17: 904 18: 904 19: 904 20: 904 21: 904 22: 904 23: 904
24: 904 bogomips: 164044
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt clwb 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 fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pconfig
pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand
rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx
split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm
tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip
user_shstk vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 [Radeon AI PRO R9700]
vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-4 code: Navi-4x
process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2025+ pcie: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-2,DP-3,DP-4 empty: DP-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:7551 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech CrystalCam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6.1:6
chip-ID: 046d:0894 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 8560x1460 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 2265x387mm (89.17x15.24")
s-diag: 2298mm (90.47")
Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 pos: primary,bottom-c
model: AOC U34G2G4R3 serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: mode: 3440x1440
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 110 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678 y: 0.310
green: x: 0.278 y: 0.639 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.071 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 797x334mm (31.38x13.15") diag: 864mm (34") modes: 3440x1440,
2560x1080, 1720x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 89 2: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 90 3: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 92 4: parse_edid:
unknown tag 112
Monitor-2: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 pos: bottom-r model: Acer XV272U
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
x: 0.678 y: 0.310 green: x: 0.267 y: 0.663 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.051 white:
x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
1280x960, 1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600,
720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
Monitor-3: DP-4 mapped: DisplayPort-3 pos: top-left model: Acer XV272U
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678 y: 0.310 green: x: 0.267
y: 0.663 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9
modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x960,
1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576,
720x480, 640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.2.2-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 (radeonsi gfx1201 ACO
DRM 3.64 6.18.49-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:7551 memory: 31.25 GiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.357 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon AI PRO R9700 (RADV GFX1201) driver: mesa radv v: 26.2.2-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:7551 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab40 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Kingston HyperX SoloCast
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0951:170f class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech CrystalCam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6.1:6
chip-ID: 046d:0894 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.18.49-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.6.8 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-98-gb096 status: off with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family CNVi Wi-Fi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
modules: wl bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:125c class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.4
lmp-v: 13 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 100104
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel RST Volume Management Device Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 7.5 TiB used: 2.57 TiB (34.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra 3D NVMe
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 211070WD temp: 35.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT250BX100SSD1
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: MU02 temp: 25 C scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA300
size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: ABB0 temp: 33 C scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 temp: 31 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 55.46 GiB size: 54.42 GiB (98.11%) used: 50.03 GiB (91.9%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A
uuid: c5dd873d-0d4f-48aa-b0a3-5bbcae2e8314
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%)
used: 264 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
label: N/A uuid: 9E71-08AE
ID-3: /mnt/sda2 raw-size: 56.44 GiB size: 55.38 GiB (98.12%)
used: 17.82 GiB (32.2%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: a187c819-a966-463d-81f1-58023627ebcd
ID-4: /mnt/sdb2 raw-size: 976.56 GiB size: 961.04 GiB (98.41%)
used: 884.42 GiB (92.0%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb2
maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A uuid: b476ea8f-eafd-4a24-a9e8-39f9d15b07ce
ID-5: /mnt/sdb3 raw-size: 761.96 GiB size: 748.93 GiB (98.29%)
used: 654.34 GiB (87.4%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb3
maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A uuid: b8257fea-292f-4d08-a905-528c4441f16e
ID-6: /mnt/sdc1 raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%)
used: 61.04 GiB (3.3%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdc1
maj-min: 8:33 label: N/A uuid: 40f4b154-f9e7-460b-a548-006e80f345ab
ID-7: /mnt/sdc2 raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%)
used: 962.52 GiB (52.5%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdc2
maj-min: 8:34 label: N/A uuid: 846b3b52-7fa6-4337-8a30-824e7c22cf5c
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 label: N/A
uuid: d4f08876-1325-4f71-ab21-db5c97157041
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 465.76 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 070694cc-a700-4e1c-b563-18df080bf756
ID-2: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 120 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 6B2B6E0944771B0A
ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 1024 GiB fs: ntfs label: windata
uuid: 62F69220227EE2E0
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:19af class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Kingston HyperX SoloCast type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0951:170f class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 1-6:4 info: ASMedia ASM1074 High-Speed hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 174c:2074 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6.1:6 info: Logitech CrystalCam type: video,audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 046d:0894 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-6.2:7 info: Logitech Litra Glow type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c900 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-6.4:9 info: Microdia Backlit Gaming Keyboard
type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 400mA
chip-ID: 0c45:652f class-ID: 0301
Device-4: 1-13:5 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Device-5: 1-14:8 info: Intel AX211 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 9 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-9:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 8mA
chip-ID: 174c:3074 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 34.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C
mem: 49.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1067
Repos:
Packages: 2704 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 2691 libs: 598
tools: pamac,trizen pm: flatpak pkgs: 13
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 512
1: cpu: 52.8% command: firefox pid: 6266 mem: 1420.9 MiB (1.1%)
2: cpu: 46.7% command: Discord pid: 4755 mem: 141.0 MiB (0.1%)
3: cpu: 34.6% command: Discord pid: 4985 mem: 528.4 MiB (0.4%)
4: cpu: 12.1% command: Xorg pid: 2058 mem: 148.8 MiB (0.1%)
5: cpu: 9.0% command: firefox pid: 9161 mem: 331.6 MiB (0.2%)
Memory top: 5 of 512
1: mem: 1420.9 MiB (1.1%) command: firefox pid: 6266 cpu: 52.8%
2: mem: 618.0 MiB (0.4%) command: firefox pid: 6739 cpu: 1.0%
3: mem: 574.4 MiB (0.4%) command: firefox pid: 6816 cpu: 0.4%
4: mem: 528.4 MiB (0.4%) command: Discord pid: 4985 cpu: 34.6%
5: mem: 474.9 MiB (0.3%) command: firefox pid: 6786 cpu: 2.4%
Info:
Processes: 512 Power: uptime: 24m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 50.12 GiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 261
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 22.1.8 gcc: 16.2.1 alt: 12 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.15
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.41
System Logs
System log from two boots ago, when it was working:
Summary
Sep 12 18:31:49 hostname dbus-broker-launch[1205]: Invalid user-name in /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-system.conf +27: user="pulse"
Sep 12 18:32:13 hostname pulseaudio[2202]: WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only.
Sep 12 18:32:57 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write.
Sep 12 18:32:57 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Sep 12 18:32:57 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Sep 12 21:15:02 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: ALSA woke us up to read new data from the device, but there was actually nothing to read.
Sep 12 21:15:02 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_usb_audio'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Sep 12 21:15:02 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: We were woken up with POLLIN set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Sep 16 15:30:41 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: ICE I/O error handler called
Sep 16 15:30:41 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: X11 I/O error handler called
Sep 16 15:30:41 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: X11 I/O error exit handler called, preparing to tear down X11 modules
Sep 16 15:30:41 hostname pulseaudio[2142]: org.bluez.BatteryProviderManager1.UnregisterBatteryProvider() Failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:Remote peer disconnected
Sep 16 15:30:43 hostname systemd[1955]: pulseaudio.service: Consumed 46min 56.729s CPU time over 3d 20h 58min 31.377s wall clock time, 64.4M memory peak.
System log from one boot ago, when I broke it. During this boot it worked at the beginning, but then I updated the config file around Sep 23 15:28:31 and nothing worked after that:
Summary
Sep 16 15:31:53 hostname pulseaudio[2241]: WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only.
Sep 16 15:32:19 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write.
Sep 16 15:32:19 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Sep 16 15:32:19 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Sep 16 21:08:58 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: ALSA woke us up to read new data from the device, but there was actually nothing to read.
Sep 16 21:08:58 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_usb_audio'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Sep 16 21:08:58 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: We were woken up with POLLIN set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Sep 22 08:58:01 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 09:19:03 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 10:38:22 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 13:25:47 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 15:32:59 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 17:13:54 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 18:47:32 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 19:57:29 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 22 22:51:42 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 23 04:09:09 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 23 09:31:57 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 23 11:38:06 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 23 12:41:15 hostname pulseaudio[2199]: protocol error, kicking client
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Consumed 2h 4.654s CPU time over 6d 23h 56min 38.641s wall clock time, 78.4M memory peak.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2473973]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2473973]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2474154]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2474154]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2474159]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2474159]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2474162]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname pulseaudio[2474162]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:28:31 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname pulseaudio[2474165]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname pulseaudio[2474165]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Sep 23 15:28:32 hostname systemd[2012]: pulseaudio.socket: Failed with result 'service-start-limit-hit'.
System log from current boot, when I rebooted and it was still broken:
Summary
Sep 23 15:31:10 hostname dbus-broker-launch[1202]: Invalid user-name in /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-system.conf +27: user="pulse"
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname pulseaudio[2177]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname pulseaudio[2177]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname pulseaudio[2193]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname pulseaudio[2193]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:31:30 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname pulseaudio[2215]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname pulseaudio[2215]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname pulseaudio[2237]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname pulseaudio[2237]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname pulseaudio[2249]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname pulseaudio[2249]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Sep 23 15:31:31 hostname systemd[1990]: pulseaudio.socket: Failed with result 'service-start-limit-hit'.
Sep 23 15:34:38 hostname pulseaudio[8825]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:34:38 hostname pulseaudio[8825]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Successfully gained nice level -11.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: This is PulseAudio 17.0-98-gb096
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Page size is 4096 bytes
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Machine ID is 03f9b9e80bc94721bf8bd1f4fa916743.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Session ID is 1.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Using runtime directory /run/user/1000/pulse.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Using state directory /home/username/.config/pulse.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulseaudio/modules.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Running in system mode: no
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: System supports high resolution timers
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1 SSE4_2
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Initialising MMX optimized volume functions.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Initialising MMX optimized remappers.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Initialising SSE2 optimized volume functions.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Initialising ORC optimized volume functions.
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Unknown command: !/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/default.pa
Sep 23 15:35:03 hostname pulseaudio[8991]: Daemon terminated.
Sep 23 15:36:58 hostname sudo[9854]: username : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/mnt/sdb3/home/username ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pacman -S pulseaudio
Sep 23 15:37:00 hostname dbus-broker-launch[1202]: Invalid user-name in /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-system.conf +27: user="pulse"
Sep 23 15:37:02 hostname dbus-broker-launch[1202]: Invalid user-name in /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-system.conf +27: user="pulse"
Request
I would like to fix my system so I have working audio again.
I could try to remove all audio stuff and reinstall it from scratch, but if I could just get back to how it was this morning that would be sufficient. I’d guess it’s something simple since a 1-character config file change caused this weird persistent side effect.
Thanks for any help you can provide.