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Eysse

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Registered: 2022-04-16

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Pipewire doens't work (once again)

If you saw any earlier posts on mine, you are completely right, I am the same guy about somewhat of the same issue. It is a whole other case tho...

Not long ago, I had an issue with pipewire found in this post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=275706
Since non of the things we tried helped anything and I really need pipewire since I wanna record on wayland, I did a fresh install with sway and pipewire. I was cassually installing some packages, (at that time installing steam and OBS) when my pipewire fell out. No audio whatsoever... I checked

 systemctl --user status pipewire 

which outputted:

 x pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2022-05-28 21:42:29 CEST; 11s ago
   Duration: 21ms
TriggeredBy: x pipewire.socket
    Process: 1288 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pipewire (code=exited, status=245)
   Main PID: 1288 (code=exited, status=245)
        CPU: 16ms

May 28 21:42:29 arch systemd[866]: pipewire.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
May 28 21:42:29 arch systemd[866]: Stopped PipeWire Multimedia Service.
May 28 21:42:29 arch systemd[866]: pipewire.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 28 21:42:29 arch systemd[866]: pipewire.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 28 21:42:29 arch systemd[866]: Failed to start PipeWire Multimedia Service. 

typing

 pipewire 

in console ouputs:

 [E][00137.349194] mod.protocol-native | [module-protocol-:  708 lock_socket()] server 0x55b2246186a0: unable to lock lockfile '/run/user/1000/pipewire-0.lock': Resource temporarily unavailable (maybe another daemon is running)
[E][00137.349341] pw.conf      | [          conf.c:  560 load_module()] 0x55b2245fde70: could not load mandatory module "libpipewire-module-protocol-native": Resource temporarily unavailable
[E][00137.349505] default      | [      pipewire.c:  125 main()] failed to create context: Resource temporarily unavailable 

I tried removing /etc/pipewire and I tried removing steam and obs, with reboots in between every time, non of it worked.. I am lost here... Anyone has any idea on how to fix this?

Some other outputs:

 aplay -lL 

gave

 Unknown command: aplay 

 pactl list cards 

,

 pactl list sinks 

,

 pactl list sink-outputs 

all gave

 Connection failure: Connection refused 

and

 sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/* 

gave a prompt but no output.

Eysse

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Registered: 2022-04-16

Posts: 63

Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

I just tested using pipewire-media-session without luck.

V1del

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Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

Install alsa-utils for the aplay command, post

 ps -ef | grep -E 'pulse|pipewire'
printenv | grep DBUS

how exactly are you starting your sway session?

Eysse

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Posts: 63

Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

I am launching it through gdm and

  ps -ef | grep -E 'pulse|pipewire'
printenv | grep DBUS 

outputs:

 rat          969       1  0 19:57 ?        00:00:00 pipewire
rat         1090     884  0 19:57 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
rat         5488    4909  0 20:01 pts/1    00:00:00 grep -E pulse|pipewire
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
[rat@arch ~]$ aplay -lL
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=4
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 4
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=5
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 5
    HDMI Audio Output
sysdefault:CARD=Generic
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC892 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
sysdefault:CARD=Headset
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    G935 Gaming Headset, USB Audio
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Headset [G935 Gaming Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 

I got frustrated yesterday and I did a reinstall. Everything worked, but after installing steam (flatpak version since normal doesn't work for me) and some other things (no OBS this time), I got exactly the same issue after rebooting. I am pretty sure it a some service blocking the use of pipewire. How .can I list all active services? Maybe then you could have a look and see what is blocking it from working.

Eysse

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Registered: 2022-04-16

Posts: 63

Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

got it,

 systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled 

ouputs:

 UNIT FILE                          STATE   VENDOR PRESET
gdm.service                        enabled disabled
getty@.service                     enabled enabled
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service  enabled disabled
NetworkManager-wait-online.service enabled disabled
NetworkManager.service             enabled disabled
remote-fs.target                   enabled enabled

6 unit files listed. 

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,940

Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

Looks normal so far:

pacman -Qs pipewire
systemctl --user status pipewire pipewire-media-session pipewire-pulse

Eysse

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Posts: 63

Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

local/easyeffects 6.2.5-1
    Audio Effects for Pipewire applications
local/pipewire 1:0.3.51-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.51-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-jack 1:0.3.51-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK support
local/pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.51-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/wireplumber 0.4.10-3
    Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
Unit pipewire-media-session.service could not be found.
x pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-05-30 20:09:38 CEST; 41min ago
   Duration: 31ms
TriggeredBy: x pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 12272 (code=exited, status=245)
        CPU: 16ms

May 30 20:09:38 arch systemd[884]: pipewire.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
May 30 20:09:38 arch systemd[884]: Stopped PipeWire Multimedia Service.
May 30 20:09:38 arch systemd[884]: pipewire.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 30 20:09:38 arch systemd[884]: pipewire.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 30 20:09:38 arch systemd[884]: Failed to start PipeWire Multimedia Service.

* pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-05-30 19:57:22 CEST; 53min ago
TriggeredBy: * pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 1090 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 19086)
     Memory: 2.7M
        CPU: 1.666s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             `-1090 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

May 30 20:12:32 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: 0x556fdb3dccb0: failed to connect client: Host is down
May 30 20:12:32 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x556fdb595370 [Chromium]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIEN>
May 30 20:19:41 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: 0x556fdb3dccb0: failed to connect client: Host is down
May 30 20:19:41 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x556fdb520690 [Chromium]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIEN>
May 30 20:43:24 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: 0x556fdb3dccb0: failed to connect client: Host is down
May 30 20:43:24 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x556fdb5a2a10 [Chromium]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIEN>
May 30 20:48:32 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: 0x556fdb3dccb0: failed to connect client: Host is down
May 30 20:48:32 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x556fdb595370 [Chromium]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIEN>
May 30 20:48:40 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: 0x556fdb3dccb0: failed to connect client: Host is down
May 30 20:48:40 arch pipewire-pulse[1090]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x556fdb595370 [Chromium]: ERROR command:9 (SET_CLIEN>
lines 1-36/36 (END) 

V1del

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Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

Wait no this doesn't read normal, why is your pipewire started by PID 1 ? That reads like you tried setting it up as a system service or so, also why is it started as "pipewire" and not with the full path? kill that pipewire and try starting the service again, find out where exactly it is being started. Do you have the flatpak steam in your autostart or so? Can you post a full journal?

sudo journalctl -b --no-pager

Eysse

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Registered: 2022-04-16

Posts: 63

Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

Okay so I had been tinkering around with disabling and enabling the service, but when I restarted after you asked me to do these things, it fixed itself somehow... I don't know what is happening but I'll return here when it's broken again.

V1del

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Re: Pipewire doens't work (once again)

In general pipewire is an user service and should be started on a per user basis. If your experiments where ever ran as sudo/with root that is wrong and will lead to logical clashes in various forms. If you want to look at the service status, always pass the --user flag to systemctl and run that from your normal user.