* Masaru Nomiya
Hello,
In the Message;
Subject : Re: root cannot play sound ??? Message-ID : <20220209162240.GU4604@wahoo.no-ip.org> Date & Time: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:22:40 -0500
[PS] == Patrick Shanahan
has written: MN> > Please check
MN> > $ systemctl list-unit-files PS> > .. PS> > pipewire-pulseaudio.service masked <-- How about this? PS> > ..
PS> there is no existance of pipewire-pulseaudio.service
PS> systemctl list-unit-files | grep pulseaudio PS> output is blank
Sorry for my mistake.
$ systemctl --user list-unit-files
pipewire-pulse.service masked <-- How about this?
In the Message;
Subject : Re: root cannot play sound ??? Message-ID : <20220209162721.GV4604@wahoo.no-ip.org> Date & Time: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:27:21 -0500
[PS] == Patrick Shanahan
has written: MN> > $ sudo systemctl --user --global unmask pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service
PS> yields no output, playing sound as root still fails
Maybe, pipewire isn't still running.
but it is
With this,
# pw-play [sound file]
pw-play /usr/share/sounds/Oxygen-Window-All-Desktops.ogg plays sound as root:# pw-play /usr/share/sounds/Oxygen-Window-All-Desktops.ogg error: pw_context_connect() failed: Host is down
you get the message;
error: pw_context_connect() failed: Host is down
don't you?
2 questions;
1. please show the output of;
$ pcctl info
I have no "pcctl" and http://software.openssue.org/search provides no package
2. after this;
$ sudo systemctl --user --global unmask pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service
19:22 crash:~ > sudo systemctl --user --global unmask pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service [sudo] password for root: 19:22 crash:~ >
did you do the following?
$ systemctl --user daemon-reload $ systemctl --user pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.service wireplumber.service
yes
Check for non-zero volume with alsamixser.
yes
If you did, please show the output of;
1. systemctl --user status pipewire.service
19:22 crash:~ > systemctl --user status pipewire.service ● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-02-08 10:49:33 EST; 1 day 8h ago TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket Main PID: 2919 (pipewire) Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) Memory: 13.5M CPU: 3min 9.900s CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service └─2919 /usr/bin/pipewire Feb 08 10:49:33 crash systemd[2246]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
2. systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse.service
● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-02-08 10:49:33 EST; 1 day 8h ago TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket Main PID: 2921 (pipewire-pulse) Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) Memory: 32.7M CPU: 8min 29.921s CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service └─2921 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse Feb 08 10:49:33 crash systemd[2246]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio. Feb 08 10:49:35 crash pipewire-pulse[2921]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x55998c8fabd0 [SoX]: ERROR command:-1 (invalid) tag:2 error:25 (Input/output error) Feb 08 12:47:21 crash pipewire-pulse[2921]: mod.protocol-pulse: client 0x55998c9173e0: send channel:4294967295 20, error -32: Broken pipe
3. systemctl --user status wireplumber.service
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-02-08 10:49:33 EST; 1 day 8h ago Main PID: 2920 (wireplumber) Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) Memory: 9.9M CPU: 2.795s CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service └─2920 /usr/bin/wireplumber Feb 08 10:49:33 crash systemd[2246]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
4. message with this operation;
# pw-play [sound file]
# pw-play /usr/share/sounds/Oxygen-Window-All-Desktops.ogg error: pw_context_connect() failed: Host is down -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times...