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LudwigJ

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Registered: 2021-02-25

Posts: 35

Musescore freezes at startup after updating pipewire to 1.6.10

After updating the pipewire packages from 1:1.6.9-1 to 1:1.6.10-1, Musescore freezes on startup.
This happens with both Arch packages (official and AUR) as well as with different AppImages
(from 4.72. to 4.7.6), including versions that were working fine before the update. I couldn't
find problems with any other app.
Apparently, the new version of pipewire breaks something in how Qt communicates with ALSA.

I downgraded all the pipewire packages I have installed (libpipewire, pipewire, pipewire-audio,
pipewire-alsa and pipewire-pulse) from 1:1.6.10-1 to 1:1.6.9-1, and now Musescore works again.

topcat01

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Registered: 2019-09-17

Posts: 352

Re: Musescore freezes at startup after updating pipewire to 1.6.10

The pipewire developer Wim Taymans hangs out at the libera #pipewire IRC channel. You can directly chat with him there and report this. He often has workarounds/fixes to try.

LudwigJ

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Registered: 2021-02-25

Posts: 35

Re: Musescore freezes at startup after updating pipewire to 1.6.10

Thank you, but I'm afraid I don't use IRC.
Anyway, I see that the new 1.6.11 version is in Extra-Staging and I think it might solve this problem.