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pipewire-pulse.service failed to start

  • PipeWire version: Compiled with libpipewire 0.3.43
  • Distribution and distribution version: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
  • Desktop Environment: Xfce
  • Kernel version: 5.10.0-11-amd64

Description of Problem:

pipewire-pulse.service failed to start hence PulseAudio server is not working. Also, my audio is not working either.

How Reproducible:

Every boot.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. systemctl --user start pipewire-pulse.service

Actual Results:

  1. pactl info
Connection failure: Connection refused
pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused
  1. systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse.service
● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/xdg/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2022-01-22 14:08:24 WIB; 36min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
    Process: 1468 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pipewire-pulse (code=exited, status=158)
   Main PID: 1468 (code=exited, status=158)
        CPU: 75ms

Jan 22 14:08:24 permata systemd[1306]: pipewire-pulse.service: Scheduled restart job, restart count>
Jan 22 14:08:24 permata systemd[1306]: Stopped PipeWire PulseAudio.
Jan 22 14:08:24 permata systemd[1306]: pipewire-pulse.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jan 22 14:08:24 permata systemd[1306]: pipewire-pulse.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 22 14:08:24 permata systemd[1306]: Failed to start PipeWire PulseAudio
  1. journalctl -xe | grep pipewire pipewire-pulse.log

Expected Results:

Everything works as it should be.