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EmilyF

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Registered: 2024-06-18

Posts: 1

Random audio issues

Whenever I start my machine there is about a 75% chance that my audio just doesn't work at all. If it fails, it's broken until the next reboot and nothing that I've found will fix it. I'm using pipewire. I've tried everything I could think of, `systemctl --user restart pipewire` doesn't work, restarting my DE (hyprland, though the issue is the same on Plamsa).

Some info that might be helpful:
`systemctl --user status pipewire` when audio breaks:

pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-06-18 14:34:13 EDT; 24min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 7878 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 18928)
     Memory: 6.9M (peak: 7.2M)
        CPU: 40ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─7878 /usr/bin/pipewire

Jun 18 14:34:13 archlinux systemd[855]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Jun 18 14:34:13 archlinux pipewire[7878]: [0:14:33.760583900] [7878] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jun 18 14:34:13 archlinux pipewire[7878]: [0:14:33.760603865] [7878] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jun 18 14:34:13 archlinux pipewire[7878]: [0:14:33.760642232] [7878]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0

`systemctl --user status pipewire` when audio works:

pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-06-18 15:04:41 EDT; 1min 20s ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 820 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 18928)
     Memory: 9.3M (peak: 9.5M)
        CPU: 67ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─820 /usr/bin/pipewire

Jun 18 15:04:41 archlinux systemd[806]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Jun 18 15:04:42 archlinux pipewire[820]: [0:00:15.250112024] [820] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jun 18 15:04:42 archlinux pipewire[820]: [0:00:15.250128063] [820] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jun 18 15:04:42 archlinux pipewire[820]: [0:00:15.250158836] [820]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0

I don't much know what would be helpful, so if there's any info I can give to help, please let me know! Thanks.

Maniaxx

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Registered: 2014-05-14

Posts: 757

Re: Random audio issues

Do you have a camera? If you don't need it try disabling it. Pipewire might have some issues with it. Camera support is quite new.

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