Re: [gentoo-user] wireplumper for pipewire 0.3.39 startup problems

[Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>]

On 2021.11.06 18:00, Tamer Higazi wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> I got a problem getting "wireplumper" for pipewire to run.
> 
> tamer@tux ~ $ systemctl --user status wireplumber.service
> 
> tells me that it failed to start
> 
> × wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
>      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service;  
> enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>      Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-11-06 22:46:02  
> CET; 2min 53s ago
>     Process: 1380 ExecStart=/usr/bin/wireplumber (code=exited,  
> status=70)
>    Main PID: 1380 (code=exited, status=70)
> 
> Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Failed with  
> result 'exit-code'.
> Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled  
> restart job, restart counter is at 5.
> Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session  
> Manager.
> Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Start request  
> repeated too quickly.
> Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Failed with  
> result 'exit-code'.
> Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: Failed to start Multimedia Service  
> Session Manager.
> 
> Executing "wireplumper" gives out an error that it failed to start  
> "wireplumper":
> 
> tamer@tux ~ $ /usr/bin/wireplumber
> failed to start systemd logind monitor: -2 (No such file or directory)
> M 22:46:16.429961        wireplumber  
> ../wireplumber-0.4.4/src/main.c:328:on_disconnected: disconnected  
> from pipewire
> 
> 
> by the way, according the pipewire gentoo guide, the ~/.xinitrc file  
> should look like this:
> 
> if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z  
> "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
>        eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
> fi
> 
> /usr/bin/gentoo-pipewire-launcher
> 
> ...but "/usr/bin/gentoo-pipewire-launcher" simply does not exist ...
> 
> 
> pipewire is on 0.3.39:
> 
> tamer@tux ~ $ LANG=C pactl info | grep "Server Name"
> Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.39)
> 
> 
> emerge --info:
> https://pastebin.com/raw/Ya6LmipC
> 
> (emerge -uDN @world) had been executed today ....

Your post has a mix of "wireplumper" and "wireplumber".  Hopefully  
there is just a repeated typo, and in fact, all should be the same?