[SOLVED] When I install pipewire-alsa I loose sound in Firefox
When I install pipewire-alsa or manjaro-pipewire I loose sound in Firefox and Chromium.
manjaro-pipewire has as a dependancy pipewire-alsa.
Firefox is not visible in sound applet plasma-pa. Nor Audacious. But Spotify is visible.
plasma-pa seems to be connected somehow to pipewire-media-session because when I don't have it installed plasma-pa doesn't show anything, neither programs nor headphones.
pamac search -i 'pipewire|pulseaudio'
pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.23-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
pipewire-media-session 1:0.3.23-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Session manager
pipewire-jack 1:0.3.23-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK support
pipewire 1:0.3.23-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor
libpipewire02 0.2.7-1 extra
User space API to deal with multimedia pipelines (0.2)
lib32-libpulse 14.2-2 multilib
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
systemctl --user list-unit-files | grep -E 'pulseaudio|pipewire'
pipewire-media-session.service enabled enabled
pipewire-pulse.service enabled enabled
pipewire.service enabled enabled
pipewire-pulse.socket enabled enabled
pipewire.socket
enabled enabled
aplay --list-devices
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
systemctl --user status pipewire*
pipewire-pulse.socket - PipeWire PulseAudio
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-03-21 11:46:53 CET; 35min ago
Triggers: ● pipewire-pulse.service
Listen: /run/user/1000/pulse/native (Stream)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pipewire-pulse.socket
mar 21 11:46:53 systemd[420]: Listening on PipeWire PulseAudio.
pipewire.service - Multimedia Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-03-21 11:46:54 CET; 35min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
Main PID: 428 (pipewire)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
└─428 /usr/bin/pipewire
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: params Spa:Enum:ParamId:EnumFormat: 0:0 (follower format) Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: (alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo-38) start node error -16: Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: 'front:0': playback open failed: Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: 'front:0': playback open failed: Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: params Spa:Enum:ParamId:EnumFormat: 0:0 (follower format) Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: (alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo-38) start node error -16: Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: 'front:0': playback open failed: Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: 'front:0': playback open failed: Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: params Spa:Enum:ParamId:EnumFormat: 0:0 (follower format) Device or resource busy
mar 21 12:04:26 pipewire[428]: (alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo-38) start node error -16: Device or resource busy
pipewire-media-session.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-media-session.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-03-21 11:46:54 CET; 35min ago
Main PID: 429 (pipewire-media-)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-media-session.service
└─429 /usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
mar 21 11:46:54 systemd[420]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
mar 21 11:46:54 pipewire-media-session[429]: oFono: Registering Profile /Profile/ofono failed
mar 21 11:46:54 pipewire-media-session[429]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit
pipewire.socket - Multimedia System
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-03-21 11:46:53 CET; 35min ago
Triggers: ● pipewire.service
Listen: /run/user/1000/pipewire-0 (Stream)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pipewire.socket
mar 21 11:46:53 systemd[420]: Listening on Multimedia System.
pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-03-21 11:46:54 CET; 35min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
Main PID: 427 (pipewire-pulse)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
└─427 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
mar 21 11:46:54 systemd[420]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.
HDMI is visible in system settings as Off. I don't remember I probably block it somehow. https://forum.manjaro.org/uploads/default/original/3X/e/3/e304815b9751a867dddca95c2a3c400cd037c593.png
Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.11.6-1-MANJARO OS Type: 64-bit Graphics Platform: X11