From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 125B7158090 for ; Wed, 18 May 2022 14:22:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80EDCE0922; Wed, 18 May 2022 14:22:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D04F2E08EB for ; Wed, 18 May 2022 14:22:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01b.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nrKYx-0000kk-Cb for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 14:22:07 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 15:22:07 +0100 Message-ID: <5570276.DvuYhMxLoT@wstn> In-Reply-To: <8067451.T7Z3S40VBb@lenovo.localdomain> References: <5824946.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> <5570440.DvuYhMxLoT@wstn> <8067451.T7Z3S40VBb@lenovo.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01b-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: c4f0bd20-967e-44ab-9f0e-c5433efc4f86 X-Archives-Hash: 56f926d3ee828e3e51152bcd761f0a6d On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 11:02:21 BST Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 09:51:57 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34:58 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with > > > > my > > > > new Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth > > > > control panel, and the sound device appears in the Audio control > > > > panel, > > > > but testing either speaker produces no sound. > > > > > > I think I've solved the problem. No, not BT but with a wired connection > > > I > > > do now have sound. BT can wait until I need it. > > > > Wrong again. In fact, the problem was that pulseaudio was not running. A > > simple 'pulseaudio start' - et voila! Sound. > > > > I found this along the way: > > > > # pulseaudio --dump-conf > > ### Read from configuration file: /etc/pulse/daemon.conf ### > > daemonize = no > > [...] > > > > Why is it set to No by default? Isn't PA deaf without the daemon running? > > Pulseaudio is currently set to "daemonize = no" by default and it should > also be set "autospawn = no", in order for Plasma to use pipewire instead > of pulseaudio. Pipewire is the new audio solution, which is meant to > satisfy use cases previously addressed with pulseaudio and/or jack, > although it should co-exist and work with both regardless. > > As I understand it originally udev would probe, auto-detect and hotplug > devices, calling pulseaudio to process audio. I am not up to speed how > pipewire now interacts with pulseaudio in depth, but I can see on a Plasma > system which has pulseaudio installed, pipewire is launched and uses > pipewire- pulse.conf: > > \_ /usr/bin/wireplumber > \_ /usr/bin/pipewire > \_ /usr/bin/pipewire -c pipewire-pulse.conf > > I have audio working, but no pulseaudio process shows up. Somewhere around here I said I had too many USE flag staatements under /etc/ portage, so I removed package.use and just set whatever flags were needed to install all my packages. That was fine, but it meant that USE=pulseaudio was only set on alsa-plugins, which was fine as far as it went, but nothing else could use PA. Now that I've put pulseaudio back into make.conf and recompiled, I hope for a quieter life, if you see what I mean... Thanks again for everyone's patience. -- Regards, Peter.