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thommen

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[RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

Today's update has disabled my audio and I can't watch the video.

[2022-05-11T09:09:26+0200] [ALPM] transaction started
[2022-05-11T09:09:26+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Removed /etc/systemd/user/pipewire-session-manager.service.
[2022-05-11T09:09:26+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Removed /etc/systemd/user/pipewire.service.wants/pipewire-media-session.service.
[2022-05-11T09:09:26+0200] [ALPM] removed pipewire-media-session (1:0.4.1-1)
[2022-05-11T09:09:26+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-api-headers (5.16.8-1 -> 5.17.5-2)
[2022-05-11T09:09:26+0200] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.35-3 -> 2.35-4)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (11.2.0-4 -> 12.1.0-1)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded binutils (2.38-4 -> 2.38-5)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (11.2.0-4 -> 12.1.0-1)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gnutls (3.7.4-2 -> 3.7.4-3)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded sqlite (3.38.4-1 -> 3.38.5-1)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gnupg (2.2.35-1 -> 2.2.35-2)
[2022-05-11T09:09:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.35-3 -> 2.35-4)
[2022-05-11T09:09:31+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-gcc-libs (11.2.0-4 -> 12.1.0-1)
[2022-05-11T09:09:31+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libtool (2.4.7-1 -> 2.4.7-2)
[2022-05-11T09:09:32+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux (5.17.5.arch1-1 -> 5.17.5.arch1-2)
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (5.17.5.arch1-1 -> 5.17.5.arch1-2)
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM] upgraded pacman (6.0.1-4 -> 6.0.1-5)
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM] installed wireplumber (0.4.10-2)
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Created symlink /etc/systemd/user/pipewire-session-manager.service → /usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service.
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Created symlink /etc/systemd/user/pipewire.service.wants/wireplumber.service → /usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service.
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-setuptools (1:59.7.0-1 -> 1:59.8.0-1)
[2022-05-11T09:09:33+0200] [ALPM] upgraded unixodbc (2.3.9-1 -> 2.3.10-1)

systemctl --user status wireplumber.service
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-05-11 09:37:55 CEST; 1h 28min ago
   Main PID: 1884 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 57599)
     Memory: 10.1M
        CPU: 2.518s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─ 1884 /usr/bin/wireplumber

maj 11 09:37:55 systemd[773]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
maj 11 09:37:55 wireplumber[1884]: Failed to set scheduler settings: Operation not permitted

systemctl

maj 11 11:15:24 los systemd[773]: Stopping Multimedia Service Session Manager...
maj 11 11:15:25 los wireplumber[22593]: stopped by signal: Zakończony
maj 11 11:15:25 los wireplumber[22593]: <WpImplMetadata:0x556df9d70300> Object activation aborted: PipeWire proxy destroyed
maj 11 11:15:25 los wireplumber[22593]: failed to activate route-settings metadata: Object activation aborted: PipeWire proxy destroyed
maj 11 11:15:25 los wireplumber[22593]: disconnected from pipewire
maj 11 11:15:25 los systemd[773]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session Manager.
maj 11 11:15:25 los systemd[773]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
maj 11 11:15:25 los rtkit-daemon[975]: Successfully made thread 22639 of process 22639 owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
maj 11 11:15:25 los rtkit-daemon[975]: Supervising 14 threads of 7 processes of 1 users.
maj 11 11:15:25 los rtkit-daemon[975]: Supervising 14 threads of 7 processes of 1 users.
maj 11 11:15:25 los rtkit-daemon[975]: Supervising 14 threads of 7 processes of 1 users.
maj 11 11:15:25 los rtkit-daemon[975]: Successfully made thread 22641 of process 22639 owned by '1000' RT at priority 20.
maj 11 11:15:25 los rtkit-daemon[975]: Supervising 15 threads of 7 processes of 1 users.
maj 11 11:15:25 los wireplumber[22639]: Failed to set scheduler settings: Operation not permitted

How to fix it?

Last edited by thommen (2022-05-12 14:52:55)

Rayshabh

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Registered: 2022-04-07

Posts: 38

Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

Hey, I faced the same issue.

If you're using PulseAudio then the workaround is to install pipewire-pulse and reboot the system. The audio and video will start working again.
Just check this PulseAudio clients

thommen

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From: Poland

Registered: 2017-12-30

Posts: 220

Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

I change profile to "analog stereo duplex". You have to switch this way every time in the profile. Something is not working properly

Last edited by thommen (2022-05-11 12:50:59)

ignuthat

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

I tried for quite a while to get wireplumber working but just gave up and went back to pulseaudio (by installing pulseaudio and pulseaudio-bluetooth, by the way), which works fine. I got to the point where pavucontrol reported that sound was coming out of my speakers, but I couldn't actually hear anything. Pavucontrol and pactl list cards reports my Built-in Audio (alsa_card.platform-broadwell-audio) as only having the "Play HiFi quality Music" profile. I plugged some headphones in and was able to hear something when I turned my sound up all the way, but it was still quiet.

I got these errors from the wireplumber service:

May 11 22:30:38 ArchStrikeTeamBeta wireplumber[2411]: Failed to set scheduler settings: Operation not permitted
May 11 22:30:38 ArchStrikeTeamBeta wireplumber[2411]: <WpSiAudioAdapter:0x55f10f75a060> Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed
May 11 22:30:38 ArchStrikeTeamBeta wireplumber[2411]: <WpSiAudioAdapter:0x55f10f75a060> failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed

All I could find was people reporting that they got these errors, but that everything still worked fine. So they probably don't have anything to do with my sound issues. If you really want to get pipewire working again, installing pipewire-media-session from the AUR seems like your best bet. I remember finding some "unknown PCM device" issues somewhere along the lines, as well. pipewire.service gave me a lot of "device or resource busy". I'll have to get back to troubleshooting all this when I get some time...

Edit: For the record, my other computer acquiesced to wireplumber fine after installing pipewire-pulse and rebooting, then changing the playback device in pavucontrol for mpv. pipewire.service doesn't report any issues. Still get this for wireplumber.service, though, not that it seems to make any difference:

May 12 00:29:48 ArchStationAlpha wireplumber[1305]: Failed to set scheduler settings: Operation not permitted

Seems to be an issue localised to the sound card on my Dell laptop.

Last edited by ignuthat (2022-05-11 14:52:12)

thommen

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Posts: 220

Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

There was an update today

upgraded wireplumber (0.4.10-2 -> 0.4.10-3)

I have no changes. Next I have to switch between channels.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

That update was for allowing pipewire-media-session again, you could switch back to that if wireplumber doesn't work out for some reason. You absolutely do want to switch back to pipewire-media-session if you actually want your audio handled by pulseaudio instead.

thommen

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Posts: 220

Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

For me, the update does not change anything. There is still a problem with this package. Wireplumber is proposed by the pacman installer. I can use Wireplumber but if it will work.

V1del

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

wireplumber will only work properly if you actually switch by changing pulseaudio for pipewire-pulse. Pipewire-media-session was intentionally reintroduced and you can install that instead of wireplumber for the use cases where people want to stay on pulseaudio, but not have a broken pipewire for wayland screen sharing.

darsonis

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Registered: 2021-09-16

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

I have a similar issue, since yesterdays update that on arch linux gnome, sound & video does not work anymore.

The output of

systemctl --user status wireplumber.service

 
wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-05-12 15:14:26 CEST; 3h 59min ago
   Main PID: 1135 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 37549)
     Memory: 10.5M
        CPU: 867ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─ 1135 /usr/bin/wireplumber

May 12 19:10:18 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Failed to create 'api.alsa.acp.device' device
May 12 19:10:24 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Path Mic ACP LED is not a volume or mute control
May 12 19:10:57 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Path Mic ACP LED is not a volume or mute control
May 12 19:11:06 lantern wireplumber[1135]: SPA handle 'api.alsa.acp.device' could not be loaded; is it installed?
May 12 19:11:06 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Failed to create 'api.alsa.acp.device' device
May 12 19:11:11 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Path Mic ACP LED is not a volume or mute control
May 12 19:11:17 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Path Mic ACP LED is not a volume or mute control
May 12 19:11:19 lantern wireplumber[1135]: SPA handle 'api.alsa.acp.device' could not be loaded; is it installed?
May 12 19:11:19 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Failed to create 'api.alsa.acp.device' device
May 12 19:11:24 lantern wireplumber[1135]: Path Mic ACP LED is not a volume or mute control

but I am not sure at which service or tool the problem is exactly, I suspect pulseaudio / pipewire ?

Anyways sometimes I could get the sound / video to work again by deleting the pulseaudio config, as was recommended by:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/956065/ … es-youtube

Any further ideas on how to resolve this issue ?

greetings

Last edited by darsonis (2022-05-12 17:21:12)

JoeyCorleone

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

I have a similar issue, since yesterdays update that on arch linux gnome, sound & video does not work anymore.

Any further ideas on how to resolve this issue ?

The common solution to this problem has already been mentioned in post #2 - have you tried this already?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

@darsonis as mentioned, if you want to stay on pulseaudio switch to pipewire-media-session. If you want to switch to wireplumber and pipewire in general install pipewire-pulse

darsonis

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Registered: 2021-09-16

Posts: 7

Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

@V1del many thanks for the reply !  yes installing

pipewire-media-session

did resolve my audio issues

i was thinking about switching to pipewire / wireplumber, would i have to uninstall

pulseaudio, pulseaudio-alsa and pulseaudio-bluetooth

and replace it with

pipewire-pulse

?

V1del

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

yes and pipewire-alsa

geopardo

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Re: [RESOLVED] No sound or picture - removed pipewire-media-session

yes and pipewire-alsa

i try pipewire only, on monitor speaker...on last machine does work wreplumber...
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=276199&p=2

Last edited by geopardo (2022-05-14 21:27:13)

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