Edit: Also, I did file a bug report upstream for this. FYI, apparently it's to do with the proprietary Nvidia driver locking something that the Intel iGPU needs.
]]>I'd assume one of these commits being the culprit, not entirely certain whether it's just one of those or a combination.
I'd probably be good if this issue is reported upstream.
]]>Yesterday I noticed there was a new kernel and nvidia driver update, neither of those appeared to fix the issue.
I was just coming back to say that I read your suggestion and I've disabled my Intel GPU in the BIOS. I can confirm that has indeed fixed the issue and sound is working fine in Firefox and MPD now
]]>I'll merge this back into the other thread to have things centralized, I'm fairly certain it's the same issue
]]>Current kernel is 5.6.11, and behaviour also is the same on current and previous linux-lts kernels.
I posted a reply on this thread saying that I was getting the same issue: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=255423
sudo journalctl -b - http://ix.io/2lhh
echo w > /proc/sysrq-trigger; dmesg - http://ix.io/2lhA
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: poe 9102 F.... chromium
poe 9108 F.... pulseaudio
poe 9226 F.... aplay
poe 9234 F.... aplay
poe 9531 F.... aplay
/dev/snd/controlC2: poe 9108 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC3: poe 9108 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC2D7p: poe 9108 F...m pulseaudio
strace aplay -l
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=137087, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 137087, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe7c6000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \320\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=890960, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f56fe7c4000
mmap(NULL, 893744, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe6e9000
mprotect(0x7f56fe716000, 675840, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f56fe716000, 495616, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2d000) = 0x7f56fe716000
mmap(0x7f56fe78f000, 176128, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa6000) = 0x7f56fe78f000
mmap(0x7f56fe7bb000, 36864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xd1000) = 0x7f56fe7bb000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\201\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0\354e\227\335C\300X\353\375\277<\23:\311L\343"..., 68, 824) = 68
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=158240, ...}) = 0
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0\354e\227\335C\300X\353\375\277<\23:\311L\343"..., 68, 824) = 68
mmap(NULL, 135584, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe6c7000
mmap(0x7f56fe6ce000, 65536, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7000) = 0x7f56fe6ce000
mmap(0x7f56fe6de000, 20480, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x17000) = 0x7f56fe6de000
mmap(0x7f56fe6e3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1b000) = 0x7f56fe6e3000
mmap(0x7f56fe6e5000, 12704, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f56fe6e5000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`q\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32, 848) = 32
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0m\272\321p\230T\305'y?d\1fnE\247"..., 68, 880) = 68
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2145592, ...}) = 0
pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32, 848) = 32
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0m\272\321p\230T\305'y?d\1fnE\247"..., 68, 880) = 68
mmap(NULL, 1856312, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe501000
mmap(0x7f56fe526000, 1359872, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x25000) = 0x7f56fe526000
mmap(0x7f56fe672000, 307200, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x171000) = 0x7f56fe672000
mmap(0x7f56fe6bd000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bb000) = 0x7f56fe6bd000
mmap(0x7f56fe6c3000, 13112, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f56fe6c3000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0p\363\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1329280, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 1331224, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe3bb000
mmap(0x7f56fe3ca000, 638976, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf000) = 0x7f56fe3ca000
mmap(0x7f56fe466000, 626688, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xab000) = 0x7f56fe466000
mmap(0x7f56fe4ff000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x143000) = 0x7f56fe4ff000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\20\22\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=14528, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 16528, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe3b6000
mmap(0x7f56fe3b7000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x7f56fe3b7000
mmap(0x7f56fe3b8000, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f56fe3b8000
mmap(0x7f56fe3b9000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f56fe3b9000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\3606\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=39424, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 43512, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe3ab000
mprotect(0x7f56fe3ae000, 24576, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f56fe3ae000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3000) = 0x7f56fe3ae000
mmap(0x7f56fe3b2000, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7000) = 0x7f56fe3b2000
mmap(0x7f56fe3b4000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8000) = 0x7f56fe3b4000
close(3) = 0
mprotect(0x7f56fe3b4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f56fe3b9000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f56fe4ff000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f56fe7bb000, 32768, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x56467e644000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f56fe813000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f56fe7c6000, 137087) = 0
set_tid_address(0x7f56fe3a6a10) = 9531
set_robust_list(0x7f56fe3a6a20, 24) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {sa_handler=0x7f56fe6cebe0, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7f56fe6db800}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {sa_handler=0x7f56fe6cec80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7f56fe6db800}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
prlimit64(0, RLIMIT_STACK, NULL, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0
brk(NULL) = 0x56468016b000
brk(0x56468018c000) = 0x56468018c000
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3036000, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3036000, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe0c0000
close(3) = 0
ioctl(0, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
ioctl(3, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_CARD_INFO, 0x7fff51002580) = 0
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2998, ...}) = 0
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2998
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
futex(0x7f56fe7c3138, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0
stat("/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9625, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9625, ...}) = 0
read(3, "#\n# ALSA library configuration "..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "tended\n\t\t}\n\t\tdescription \"Direct"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "\t\t@func refer\n\t\t\t\tname defaults."..., 4096) = 1433
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0access("/home/poe/.asoundrc", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
ioctl(3, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_CARD_INFO, 0x7fff510022a0) = 0
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
ioctl(3, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_PVERSION, 0x7fff510025e4) = 0
ioctl(3, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_CARD_INFO, 0x7fff510028f0) = 0
ioctl(3, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_PCM_NEXT_DEVICE^Cq^Cfstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=137087, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 137087, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe7c6000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \320\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=890960, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f56fe7c4000
mmap(NULL, 893744, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe6e9000
mprotect(0x7f56fe716000, 675840, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f56fe716000, 495616, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2d000) = 0x7f56fe716000
mmap(0x7f56fe78f000, 176128, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa6000) = 0x7f56fe78f000
mmap(0x7f56fe7bb000, 36864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xd1000) = 0x7f56fe7bb000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\201\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0\354e\227\335C\300X\353\375\277<\23:\311L\343"..., 68, 824) = 68
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=158240, ...}) = 0
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0\354e\227\335C\300X\353\375\277<\23:\311L\343"..., 68, 824) = 68
mmap(NULL, 135584, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe6c7000
mmap(0x7f56fe6ce000, 65536, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7000) = 0x7f56fe6ce000
mmap(0x7f56fe6de000, 20480, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x17000) = 0x7f56fe6de000
mmap(0x7f56fe6e3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1b000) = 0x7f56fe6e3000
mmap(0x7f56fe6e5000, 12704, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f56fe6e5000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`q\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32, 848) = 32
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0m\272\321p\230T\305'y?d\1fnE\247"..., 68, 880) = 68
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2145592, ...}) = 0
pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\5\0\0\0GNU\0\2\0\0\300\4\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32, 848) = 32
pread64(3, "\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0m\272\321p\230T\305'y?d\1fnE\247"..., 68, 880) = 68
mmap(NULL, 1856312, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe501000
mmap(0x7f56fe526000, 1359872, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x25000) = 0x7f56fe526000
mmap(0x7f56fe672000, 307200, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x171000) = 0x7f56fe672000
mmap(0x7f56fe6bd000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bb000) = 0x7f56fe6bd000
mmap(0x7f56fe6c3000, 13112, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f56fe6c3000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0p\363\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1329280, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 1331224, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f56fe3bb000
mmap(0x7f56fe3ca000, 638976, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf000) = 0x7f56fe3ca000
mmap(0x7f56fe466000, 626688, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xab000) = 0x7f56fe466000
mmap(0x7f56fe4ff000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x143000) = 0x7f56fe4ff000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0
futex(0x7f56fe3ba048, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0
access("/etc/alsa/conf.d", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/etc/asound.conf", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
After that it becomes unesponsive and I cannot quit with any control sequence I've tried.
pacmd list-cards and pacmand list-sinks - both return 'Daemon not responding'.
Thank you for any help you can offer!
]]>That as far as the symptoms and a possible resolution go. Still doesn't explain why this just happened "now" can you check, cross referencing with your pacman.log, which kernel update made that appear (as you use nvidia you might have to downgrade relevant "nvidia" package versions as well) and check whether my hypothesis is correct (on a "working" kernel I'd assume that that intel hdmi audio device is simply not present at all)
]]>That being said I did some modification to the /etc/pulse/default.pa file
I'm pretty sure I've been instructed to *not* modify the default file, as that isn't the root cause. Some recent upgrade broke something.
I can't run pulseaudio -v because it is already running as a systemd service.
systemctl --user status pulseaudio.socket
● pulseaudio.socket - Sound System
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-05-07 13:06:16 PDT; 3h 35min ago
Triggers: ● pulseaudio.service
Listen: /run/user/1000/pulse/native (Stream)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/pulseaudio.socket
May 07 13:06:16 archlinux systemd[1281]: Listening on Sound System.
systemctl --user status pulseaudio.service
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: deactivating (stop-sigterm) (Result: exit-code)
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
Process: 126198 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 126198 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/pulseaudio.service
└─1389 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no
That fact that pacmd return
Daemon not responding.
This mean PulseAudio is definitely not started.
What is the output of
pulseaudio -v
Look for some error in the output.
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