> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2025 at 9:15 AM
> From: "Greg Wooledge" <g...@wooledge.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: getting started with pipewire
>
> On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 09:00:24 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > $ wpctl status
> > > Could not connect to PipeWire
> >
> > hobbit:~$ wpctl status
> > ^C
> >
> > It just "hung" with no output.
> >
> > After I pressed Ctrl-C, my audio stopped working. I'm never going
> > to do this one again!
> >
> > > # systemctl --user restart wireplumber.service
> > > Failed to connect to bus: No medium found
> >
> > That shouldn't have been done as root. I think.
> >
> > I'm not doing that one.
> >
> > Now I get to try to figure out how to fix my audio. :( :( :(
>
> I tried everything I could immediately think of, including logging out
> and back in, but none of it worked until I ended up rebooting like a
> goddamned Windows user.
>
> Moral of the story: NEVER EVER run "wpctl". Fucking thing doesn't even
> have a man page.
>
> But at least I have audio again now.
>
>
wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, cookie:3954404134]
└─ Clients:
33. pipewire [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:737]
35. WirePlumber [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:736]
36. WirePlumber [export] [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:736]
59. wpctl [1.2.4, pocket@pocket,
pid:22459]
61. xdg-desktop-portal-wlr [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:1035]
66. xdg-desktop-portal [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:995]
67. unknown [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:947]
68. Firefox [1.2.4, pocket@pocket, pid:1759]
Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 90. Built-in Audio [alsa]
│ 91. Built-in Audio [alsa]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ * 71. Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI) [vol: 0.34]
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
Video
├─ Devices:
│ 42. rpivid [v4l2]
│ 43. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 44. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 45. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 46. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 47. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 48. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 49. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 50. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 51. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 52. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 53. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 54. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 55. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 56. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 57. pispbe [v4l2]
│ 58. pispbe [v4l2]
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
Settings
└─ Default Configured Node Names:
pocket@pocket:~ $
Works for me
Audio works before and after.
I remove almost 100 packages on a default debian install directly after the
install.
I have a script for that.
It makes my installs sane.
debian bug?
cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/";
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support";
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/";
This is from my last surviving debian installation.