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TheCatItalyDude

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From: Italy

Registered: 2026-09-18

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[SOLVER] Audio timeout

Guys I need your help, I tried fixing it myself and failed, I set an llm losse and it did nothing.
I use pipewire, I had a power lose and, after rebooting, when trying to play a test audio (from the kde settings) it gives me an io error (other apps don't produce audio or crash).
I've tried creating a new user and going to gnome but they yield the same result, so it's probably not some user config or smt.
Direct alsa playing to a target did work.
The llm also claims to have cleared the config which is something I also tried and nothing changed.
I reinstalled the packages.
And I think that's it but idk I've been trying to fix it for a while now.

Also I've tried pulseaudio and it does work but a lot of packages I use either require or rely or pipewire so i need it working.

If you guys had suggestions or could help it would be greatly appreciated

Other weird behaviour includes the ui suggesting I am selecting multiple outputs when I try to switch it and other anomalies, but I belive those are just weird ui glitches becuase of the underlying pipewire fuckery, another thing is it doesn't seem to notice that I plug in the headphones (3.5mm) to the pc ( it only shows pro audio where as before it showed analog ecc...)

One last thing is I have tried booting into a live usb and the audio works

(arch btw (shocker I know) and kde)
(Also I have consulted the great scripture (the wiki) and could not find something that seemed releated to what it is that I am experiencing)
(Also also I've been using linux for years and this install is 2 years old so I have know what I'm doing, I think, maybe, perhaps)
(yes I have updated)

Last edited by TheCatItalyDude (Yesterday 13:36:12)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVER] Audio timeout

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journalctl -b --user-unit pipewire --user-unit pipewire-pulse --user-unit wireplumber
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
sudo LC_ALL=C pacman -Qkk | grep -v ', 0 altered files' | grep -v backup

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TheCatItalyDude

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From: Italy

Registered: 2026-09-18

Posts: 2

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Re: [SOLVER] Audio timeout

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journalctl -b --user-unit pipewire --user-unit pipewire-pulse --user-unit wireplumber
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
sudo LC_ALL=C pacman -Qkk | grep -v ', 0 altered files' | grep -v backup

wrapped in  [code][/code] tags.

Thank you, idk how I missed it first time I looked at the journal but it was v4l2loopback_dc that was causing the issue, there was a pretty obvious "spa.v4l2: Cannot open '/dev/video0': 19, No such device" as a warning.