Audio devises issue

Sapiens Ranae · 2025-06-18 15:32:51

So I have multiple phantom devises/entries, that I do not know about nor use.
Audio works fine initially, but whenever I do anything audio‑related (e.g. mute/unmute via the KDE mixer or in Discord), sometimes sound cuts out completely.
To restore audio, I have to manually re‑select my USB wireless headphones as the output device (select random device, than select my headphones). I need to this also after rebooting/relogging

Also, these fake devises only list under KDE https://imgur.com/a/XS9TRUn , not under

pw-cli list-objects Device                                                                                                                        INT ✘  15s   
        id 47, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
                object.serial = "47"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "46"
                device.api = "v4l2"
                device.description = "HP True Vision FHD Camera"
                device.name = "v4l2_device.pci-0000_00_14.0-usb-0_7_1.0"
                media.class = "Video/Device"
        id 48, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
                object.serial = "48"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "46"
                device.api = "v4l2"
                device.description = "HP True Vision FHD Camera"
                device.name = "v4l2_device.pci-0000_00_14.0-usb-0_7_1.0.2"
                media.class = "Video/Device"
        id 52, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
                object.serial = "52"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "46"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.description = "Raptor Lake-P/U/H cAVS"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic"
                device.nick = "sof-hda-dsp"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
        id 53, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
                object.serial = "53"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "46"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.description = "AD107 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1"
                device.nick = "HDA NVidia"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
        id 54, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
                object.serial = "54"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "46"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.description = "JBL Quantum350 Wireless"
                device.name = "alsa_card.usb-JBL_JBL_Quantum350_Wireless-00"
                device.nick = "JBL Quantum350 Wireless"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"

system info:

System:
  Kernel: 6.15.2-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN by HP Gaming Laptop 16-wd0xxx
    v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8BA9 v: 76.41 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.13 date: 04/22/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 73.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 73.3/83.0 Wh (88.3%)
    volts: 12.7 min: 11.6 model: 313-CD-12-A WK06083XL status: full
CPU:
  Info: 8-core (4-mt/4-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13420H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 2 cache: L1: 704 KiB L2: 7 MiB
    L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4600:3400 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
    4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
    bogomips: 62668
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Xe bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 575.57.08 arch: Lovelace
    bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech HP True Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB bus-ID: 3-7:4
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.7
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 1920x1080~144Hz
    2: 1920x1080~144Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast platforms:
    active: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.57.08
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
    GPU/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A devices: 1
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: swaymsg,wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/H cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
  Device-3: JBL Quantum350 Wireless driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB bus-ID: 3-1:2
  API: ALSA v: k6.15.2-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852ce v: kernel port: 3000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    bus-ID: 3-10:6
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.88 GiB used: 185.05 GiB (19.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: MTFDKBA512TFH-1BC1AABHA
    size: 476.94 GiB temp: 44.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Intenso model: SSD size: 476.94 GiB type: USB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.4 GiB used: 184.58 GiB (39.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot size: 1022 MiB used: 477.9 MiB (46.8%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 61.8 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.49 GiB used: 9.02 GiB (14.4%)
  Processes: 372 Uptime: 3h 17m Init: systemd
  Packages: 1249 Compilers: gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 inxi: 3.3.38

pipewire services

pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-06-18 15:43:44 CEST; 1h 44min ago
 Invocation: baa9836b1a7b447397218f8f8d988559
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 938 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 76530)
     Memory: 22.4M (peak: 36.4M)
        CPU: 45.214s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─938 /usr/bin/pipewire

Jun 18 15:48:07 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:09 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:11 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:13 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:15 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:17 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:19 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:21 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:23 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe
Jun 18 15:48:25 ranaeLaptop pipewire[938]: spa.alsa: front:0p: (125 suppressed) snd_pcm_avail after recover: Broken pipe

● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-06-18 15:43:44 CEST; 1h 44min ago
 Invocation: f2adb4aaeeb24577afcebdddc784a20c
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 940 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 76530)
     Memory: 55.9M (peak: 89.6M)
        CPU: 2min 54.725s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─940 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Jun 18 15:43:44 ranaeLaptop systemd[924]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.

● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)

Sapiens Ranae · 2025-06-21 15:07:07

here is some more relevant info:
I also had this issue on linux mint, before I switched to arch.

Arch Linux

#1 2025-06-18 15:32:51

Audio devises issue

#2 2025-06-21 15:07:07

Re: Audio devises issue

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