Hardware • Pipewire not allowing me to change audio devices

Pulseaudio isn't installed. If you try to do that it will uninstall pipewire.

My bad. Apologies. I should have checked first if it was installed. It used to be that you could install both without objection and this often caused sound issues.

So apparently I really don't understand the audio stack in linux. Because pactl and pavucontrol etc work if I run as a normal user and not root.

Normal, as CwF said. Sound is a user process. This also explains why sound tools like pactl and alsamixer were not working, which you have obviously figured out now.

Btw. I booted into Windows and it works there, so not my receiver or cable.

Is Windows Fast Boot turned off? It can leave devices non-functional in Linux.

It seems this USB mixer can get "stuck" or "locked up", so the following might be worth a try. (I would suggest holding the power button down for 30 seconds rather than just clicking it.) The process means that the chip has no power and does not retain any settings that migth prevent it working with a different OS.

1. turn of your computer and unplug the power supply or switch off the power supply if there is a switch on it.
2. click the power button several times.
3. turn on your computer
4. If your headphone doesn't work, unplug from the USB-c adapter and plug it. Your headphone should work.

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Statistics: Posted by FreewheelinFrank — 2024-03-22 10:59 — Replies 10 — Views 191

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