I'm having trouble with audio crackling in Steam Play. I have an Arch install I rolled by hand many years ago on an old laptop that I used to remote into my desktop via Steam Play, which runs Garuda. The audio works for about 20 minutes or so, but steadily grows more crackly, until it stops working altogether.
I discovered something pertinent while trying to troubleshoot with these issues:
Apparently, Garuda uses Pipewire, and that replaces Pulseaudio. So, I don't know where I made the modifications indicated in /etc/pulse/default.pa. I have these files on my Arch install, which runs Gnome and uses Pulseaudio, but I think the changes have to be made on the remote host.
Over the weekend, I'll try to migrate my laptop from Arch to Garuda and see if that resolves the issue, but in case it doesn't, I was hoping folks here might have some tips in diagnosing and correcting the issue?
System:
Kernel: 5.17.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d1083f91-83c2-41f8-9eca-208925ce2361 rw rootflags=subvol=@
cryptdevice=UUID=e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273:luks-e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273
root=/dev/mapper/luks-e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273 quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-38ac110c-b99c-4152-9628-c378d6c6cebb loglevel=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 42.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 42.0
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MEG X570 GODLIKE (MS-7C34) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.C0
date: 02/02/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201009
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB
L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3991 high: 4674 min/max: 2200/5083 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 4086 2: 4674
3: 4425 4: 3718 5: 3604 6: 3792 7: 4545 8: 3632 9: 3758 10: 4021 11: 4236
12: 3672 13: 4292 14: 3963 15: 4021 16: 4146 17: 4585 18: 3770 19: 3833
20: 3734 21: 4338 22: 3814 23: 3758 24: 4014 25: 4072 26: 3705 27: 4407
28: 4186 29: 3636 30: 3711 31: 3741 32: 3829 bogomips: 217619
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 2f:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:731f class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2.4.3:7 chip-ID: 046d:085c
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: LG (GoldStar) TV SSCR
serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 61 gamma: 1.2
size: 1600x900mm (62.99x35.43") diag: 1836mm (72.3") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 31:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Audient EVO4 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 1-1:2
chip-ID: 2708:0006 class-ID: fe01
Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-2.4.2:6
chip-ID: 0c76:161e class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2.4.3:7 chip-ID: 046d:085c
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.9-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet [AQtion]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A modules: atlantic pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 24:00.0 chip-ID: 1d6a:07b1
class-ID: 0200
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A
modules: r8169, r8168 pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6
speed: 64 GT/s port: 1000 bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600
class-ID: 0200
Device-3: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A
modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
Device-4: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Rivet Networks Killer™
driver: N/A modules: iwlwifi pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
Device-5: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB
driver: r8152 bus-ID: 6-3.2:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000
serial: <filter>
IF: enp49s0f3u3u2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: ivpn-ca1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: no
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 8.99 TiB used: 2.23 TiB (24.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 Plus
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: R4PB47.2 temp: 42.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 PRO 2TB
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Micron model: 5100 EEFDDAK3T8TCB
size: 3.49 TiB block-size: physical: 8192 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0369 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 3.5 TiB size: 3.5 TiB (100.00%) used: 662.82 GiB (18.5%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 720 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 3.5 TiB size: 3.5 TiB (100.00%)
used: 662.82 GiB (18.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 3.5 TiB size: 3.5 TiB (100.00%)
used: 662.82 GiB (18.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 3.5 TiB size: 3.5 TiB (100.00%)
used: 662.82 GiB (18.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-e9fbba09-aae1-4815-ba91-0ea3a21d4273
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 125.78 GiB used: 27.8 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 138.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-38ac110c-b99c-4152-9628-c378d6c6cebb
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C
mem: 46.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1686
Info:
Processes: 566 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 0 Memory: 125.78 GiB
used: 14.16 GiB (11.3%) Init: systemd v: 251 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1568 lib: 394 flatpak: 0
Shell: fish v: 3.4.1 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.16
e[1;34mGaruda (2.6.3-2):e[0m
e[1;34m System install date:e[0m 2022-02-06
e[1;34m Last full system update:e[0m 2022-05-27 e[1;31m↻
e[1;34m Is partially upgraded: e[0m No
e[1;34m Relevant software: e[0m NetworkManager
e[1;34m Windows dual boot: e[0m No/Undetected
e[1;34m Snapshots: e[0m Snapper
e[1;34m Failed units: e[0m radeon-profile-daemon.service [email protected]
