>>>>> On Mon, 01 Sep 2025, Immolo wrote: > Title: Desktop Profile to enable PulseAudio and PipeWire support
The title must have at most 50 characters: https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0042.html#news-item-headers > Author: Ian Jordan <[email protected]> > Posted: 2025-08-26 > Revision: 1 > News-Item-Format: 2.0 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_hf/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_hf/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_hf/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_hf/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_sf/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_sf/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_sf/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/armv7a_sf/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/split-usr/armv7a_hf/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/split-usr/armv7a_hf/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/split-usr/armv7a_sf/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/split-usr/armv7a_sf/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm64/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm64/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm64/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm64/23.0/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm64/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/hppa/23.0/hppa1.1/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/hppa/23.0/hppa1.1/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/hppa/23.0/hppa1.1/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/hppa/23.0/hppa2.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/hppa/23.0/hppa2.0/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/hppa/23.0/hppa2.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/loong/23.0/la64v100/lp64d/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/loong/23.0/la64v100/lp64d/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: > default/linux/loong/23.0/la64v100/lp64d/desktop/gnome/systemd Splitting a header line like this won't work. (Unless this is an artefact of your mailer?) > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/loong/23.0/la64v100/lp64d/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/loong/23.0/la64v100/split-usr/lp64d/desktop > Display-If-Profile: > default/linux/loong/23.0/la64v100/split-usr/lp64d/desktop/gnome Ditto. > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/time64/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/time64/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/time64/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/time64/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc/23.0/time64/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/split-usr/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64d/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64d/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64d/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64d/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/lp64/desktop/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/split-usr/lp64d/desktop > Display-If-Profile: > default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/split-usr/lp64d/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/split-usr/lp64/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/23.0/rv64/split-usr/lp64/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/23.0/64ul/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/23.0/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/23.0/split-usr/64ul/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/23.0/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/split-usr/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/time64/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/time64/desktop/gnome > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/time64/desktop/gnome/systemd > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/time64/split-usr/desktop > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/time64/split-usr/desktop/gnome Could you use wildcards to shorten this list? "In news item format 2.0, a terminal asterisk immediately following a slash acts as a wildcard for any further path components, for example default/linux/*." > Reasons > ======= > Following on from enabling support for Pipewire in KDE Plasma profiles, > this change enables Pipewire for all desktop profiles. > As the way we output sound has changed dramatically in the years > since using wireless or often several devices, dynamically connected and > shared between multiple systems, a modern desktop environment is expected to > handle this effortlessly by default. > In Wayland sessions, the video functionality of PipeWire is not only used for > screensharing but also to take screenshots and recordings or simply to cast > window content onto task managers' window previews. > Changes > ======= > New global USE flags enabled: pipewire, pulseaudio, screencast, wayland How are screencast and wayland related to this? Looks like these changes are more intrusive than the title of the news item suggests? > New package.use default: media-video/pipewire[sound-server] > We want broad sound server support in packages, and these settings will make > PipeWire act as our PulseAudio server where there is no native PipeWire > support. > Alpha and HPPA > =============== > Alpha and HPPA currently do not have Pipewire support enabled so only > pulseaudio is enabled. > These can be requested by users at a later date after confirming they work. > Users not Wishing to Change > =========================== > For users not wanting to change from the their currrent setup, then all that > is required is to set USE"-pipewire -pulseaudio -screenshare" in their > make.conf file. > User Action Required > ==================== > In order to enact all changes: > emerge -1avUD @world > Check out how to configure PipeWire for your purpose [1][2] > In order to keep a PulseAudio or ALSA-only setup: > Invert above new USE flag settings as needed, see also [2]. > In order to avoid media-video/pipewire completely: > This can only be achieved by losing basic task manager, screenshot/screen > recording/sharing functions as provided by Plasma and KDE applications. > [1] > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2022-07-29-pipewire-sound-server. > html > [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PipeWire
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