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Flotec09

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Registered: 2024-06-03

Posts: 10

[SOLVED]Pulseaudio stops working and comes back when changing profile

Hello everyone!

I am having a problem with pulseAudio on my fresh arch install on my ThinkPad X280. So the Problem is, that when I want to play any Music or Video, the playback won't start, because my audio service for some reason doesn't work. However, when I change the audio profile (for example "Analog Stereo Duplex" to "Analog Stereo Output" and back), the audio comes back to live. And whenever I stop playback, it stops working and I have to repeat this procedure. It is really frustrating to do this over and over! Has anyone experienced a similiar problem or knows how to help me?

Last edited by Flotec09 (2024-07-08 06:42:07)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,038

Re: [SOLVED]Pulseaudio stops working and comes back when changing profile

Is pulseaudio the only thing that's providing pulseaudio? What outputs do you get from

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
systemctl --user status pipewire{,-pulse} wireplumber pulseaudio

while you're in this situation?

Flotec09

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Registered: 2024-06-03

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED]Pulseaudio stops working and comes back when changing profile

Thanks for the quick reply!

output of

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

:

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  florian    1240 F.... wireplumber
                     florian    1276 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/seq:        florian    1239 F.... pipewire

output of

systemctl --user status pipewire{,-pulse} wireplumber pulseaudio

:

Unit pipewire-pulse.service could not be found.
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/u
sr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: 
enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-07-07 07:34:49 CEST; 7min ag
o
 Invocation: 513885bc78c147ad85da4d520d8ac7bf
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1239 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 9350)
     Memory: 6.4M (peak: 6.9M)
        CPU: 60ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.se
rvice
             └─1239 /usr/bin/pipewire

Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop systemd[1025]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop pipewire[1239]: spa.alsa: 'fron
t:0': capture open failed: Device or resource busy
Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop pipewire[1239]: mod
.adapter: 0x64760f210cf0: can't get format: Device or resource busy

● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: 
enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-07-07 07:34:49 CEST; 7min ag
o
 Invocation: 21bb70459d8d43f2bc8fc3dd61af3f60
   Main PID: 1240 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 7 (limit: 9350)
     Memory: 11.3M (peak: 11.3M)
        CPU: 550ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber
.service
             └─1240 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop systemd[1025]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manag
er.
Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop wireplumber[1240]: 
spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop wireplumber[1240]: [0:01:12.147945335] [1240] ERROR IPA
Module ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop wireplumber[1240]: [0:01:12.147963513] [1240] ERROR IPA
Module ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jul 07 07:34:49 floteclaptop wireplumber[1240]: [0:01:12.148008519] [1240]  INFO Cam
era camera_manager.cpp:313 libcamera v0.3.0

● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; preset: 
enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-07-07 07:34:49 CEST; 7min ag
o
 Invocation: 0ddb5087f6bc4712ba6f86f8fdecfa95
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
   Main PID: 1276 (pulseaudio)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 9350)
     Memory: 17.8M (peak: 17.8M)
        CPU: 279ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pulseaudio.
service
             ├─1276 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=jour
nal
             └─1280 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper

Jul 07 07:37:04 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:04 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.
Jul 07 07:37:07 floteclaptop pulseaudio[1276]: F
ailed to create sink input: sink is suspended.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,038

Re: [SOLVED]Pulseaudio stops working and comes back when changing profile

As I expected, you have a conflict between pulseaudio and wireplumber. For being "future-proof" I'd suggest you install pipewire-pulse in lieu of pulseaudio. If you have reason to stick to pulseaudio, replace wireplumber with pipewire-media-session.

Last edited by V1del (2024-07-07 20:50:01)

Flotec09

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Registered: 2024-06-03

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED]Pulseaudio stops working and comes back when changing profile

Thanks a Lot! That worked!
I am gonna mark this post as solved!