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warpoverload

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Audio in Minecraft suddenly quit working

Howdy-ho,

A couple days ago, I loaded up the latest version of Minecraft to find that the audio had quit working. I checked the kernel buffer, journal, and Minecraft logs. I found the following error in the Minecraft logs (nothing in the rest):

[20:29:17] [Render thread/ERROR]: Error starting SoundSystem. Turning off sounds & music
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to open OpenAL device
	at com.mojang.blaze3d.audio.Library.openDeviceOrFallback(Library.java:275)
	at com.mojang.blaze3d.audio.Library.init(Library.java:150)
	at net.minecraft.client.sounds.SoundEngine.loadLibrary(SoundEngine.java:120)
	at net.minecraft.client.sounds.SoundEngine.reload(SoundEngine.java:109)
	at net.minecraft.client.sounds.SoundManager.apply(SoundManager.java:122)
	at net.minecraft.client.sounds.SoundManager.apply(SoundManager.java:41)
	at net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.SimplePreparableReloadListener.lambda$reload$1(SimplePreparableReloadListener.java:15)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniAccept.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:739)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.run(CompletableFuture.java:503)
	at net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.SimpleReloadInstance.lambda$prepareTasks$3(SimpleReloadInstance.java:59)
	at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.doRunTask(BlockableEventLoop.java:173)
	at net.minecraft.util.thread.ReentrantBlockableEventLoop.doRunTask(ReentrantBlockableEventLoop.java:23)
	at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.pollTask(BlockableEventLoop.java:147)
	at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.runAllTasks(BlockableEventLoop.java:127)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.runTick(Minecraft.java:1235)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:959)
	at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(Main.java:292)
	at org.prismlauncher.launcher.impl.StandardLauncher.launch(StandardLauncher.java:115)
	at org.prismlauncher.EntryPoint.listen(EntryPoint.java:129)
	at org.prismlauncher.EntryPoint.main(EntryPoint.java:70)

I have OpenAL installed, and this recently just started happening on my machine despite over 1 and a half years of spotless service. As is protocol, I did everything under the Arch Wiki that pertains to audio issues in Minecraft to no avail. FYI, I use Pipewire. If you need more context, please let me know and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance

Last edited by warpoverload (Yesterday 03:13:21)