hi folks!
Update: I got pipewire working now. This is what helped me:
sudo apt install pipewire-audio-client-libraries libspa-0.2-bluetooth libspa-0.2-jack
systemctl --user mask pulseaudio
systemctl --user --now enable pipewire{,-pulse}.{socket,service}
Now it is an audacity issue. Will make another thread for that.
The System
Processor 10920x, 32GB Ram, 3060ti, zoom u-22 DAC, Stream Deck, Logitech camera
The OS
Ubuntu 23.04 upgraded from 22.10 (yesterday)
TL;DR
I reactivated pulseaudio, disabling pipewire, now trying to revert without having to reinstall from scratch.
The Situation
I am currently working on my first linux daily driver. Hardware arrived yesterday. The pc has been in use for couple months but not as daily since the gpu was only a stand in.
It was running quite a rough config, ubuntu 22.10 with a pulse audio mod (disabled pipewire so I could hear sound when RDPing in).
I now reverted those changes with a guide (because my microphone would not be picked up by audacity) but it promptly destroyed my Desktop gui. I reinstalled ubuntu-desktop and the gui works again now.
But after disabling pulse and reenabling pipewire, I don't get any sound output at all. pipewire status gives me the following output:
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-09-19 10:17:16 CEST; 5min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
Main PID: 3211 (pipewire)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 38029)
Memory: 4.1M
CPU: 122ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
└─3211 /usr/bin/pipewire
Sep 19 10:17:16 systemd[3204]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Sep 19 10:17:16 pipewire[3211]: mod.rt: Can't find org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop. Is xdg-desktop-portal running?
Sep 19 10:17:16 pipewire[3211]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal
Update
I have tried to re/install pipewire, xdg-desktop-portal, xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, all without change.
Important: I'm using x11, not wayland as nvidia drivers don't seem to support wayland.
Thank you for reading. Have a good one! :)
this is not audio specific but just an FYI, reinstalling does nothing on an updated system unless the program files were corrupted somehow, which is not normal.
to really reinstall a program from scratch you have to use apt-get purge or apt purge to ensure that global configurations files are removed, and pay attention to the logs printed out because some files may not be removed.
then, you have to manually delete your user configuration files for those programs, or create a new user un your computer to test it out first to see if user config files are generating any troubles.
I assume you mean reinstalling an app. Thanks. I figured it might help since reinstalling the desktop helped when that broke.