Pipewire 0.3.82 removes Pipewire server entirely and gives dummy output
Pipewire 0.3.82 removes the Pipewire server entirely and gives a dummy exit immediately after system restart. I couldn't find a way to activate it and had to revert to the old snapshot with Timeshift.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9
Device-2: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0012
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-87-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: no
I should clarify that PulseAudio was pre-disabled right after installing the system because it didn't work properly with my Creative Labs Sound Blaster and only played stereo with no surround sound selection.
pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 15
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: ivo
Host Name: ivo-home-pc
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 15.99.1
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: auto_null
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_04_00.0.analog-stereo
With CM106:
pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 20
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: ivo
Host Name: ivo-home-pc
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 15.99.1
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00.analog-surround-41
Default Source: alsa_input.usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00.analog-stereo
Maybe the problem will turn out to be only with Creative SB. I decided to try out the Chinese CM106 USB sound card and it works beautifully. However, I would be happy if we could find a solution and I could keep the Creative SB, which cost a lot of money and on Windows works beautifully.