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Hi all,
I am facing a strange issue, I am unable to solve on my own.
I just bought a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 audio interface which I am using on my work laptop (windows) without any issues.
Just on my Linux PC I am struggling.
Generally there is sound, and it is routed correctly to the focusrite. After a fresh restart utilizing the "Test" functionality both speakers are working. Starting a Youtube video, or other audio files will play sound for 2-3 seconds and then stop working completely. Also the test functionality does not play any longer any sound now.
To fix it, I need to disconnect the audio interface, reconnect it and it is working again. Hopefully someone knows how to make it work for longer than some seconds.
System side everything looks like it is working (and it is for a short amount of time) but maybe I am missing something.
lspci | grep -i audio
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation AD104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
13:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio Controller"
❯ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [C49HG9x]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Audio [USB Audio], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Audio [USB Audio], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Audio [USB Audio], device 2: USB Audio [USB Audio #2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Audio [USB Audio], device 3: USB Audio [USB Audio #3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: Gen [Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
❯ pactl info | grep "Server Name"
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.4.9)
❯ systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse
● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-12-21 17:37:59 CET; 34min ago
Invocation: 6e535b1ec26a4054bba5780f15e4c3b1
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
Main PID: 1437 (pipewire-pulse)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 75825)
Memory: 14.9M (peak: 14.9M)
CPU: 119ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
└─1437 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulseDez 21 17:37:59 CachyPC systemd[1117]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.
fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: dominik 1260 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC1: dominik 1260 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC2: dominik 1259 F.... pipewire
dominik 1260 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC3: dominik 1260 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/pcmC3D0c: dominik 1259 F...m pipewire
/dev/snd/pcmC3D0p: dominik 1259 F...m pipewire
/dev/snd/seq: dominik 1259 F.... pipewire
❯ pactl list short sinks
77 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio-00.HiFi__SPDIF__sink PipeWire s24le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
78 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio-00.HiFi__Headphones__sink PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
79 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio-00.HiFi__Speaker__sink PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
191 alsa_output.pci-0000_13_00.1.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
192 alsa_output.pci-0000_13_00.1.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
225 alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_2i2_4th_Gen_S2N617E522E3DD-00.pro-output-0 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz RUNNING
296 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
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