czrpb
29 April 2022 17:46
1
Hi!
tl;dr: I have a BT speaker which my system finds as a device, but doesnt always "find"/create a sink for, thus I dont have audio.
i think my question fundamentally is: who/what creates audio sinks?
links and resource so i can learn would be great! (i must suck at searching cause i couldnt figure it out...)
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THINGS IVE TRIED / DONE
Hope some of this stuff helps!!
Wrote a small/dumb script for myself that i use to connect my speaker on BT and then sent the sink; often/generally its good:
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² 1 β ξ² took 11s ο ξ² at 10:29:47 ο
β°β sound.sh
Connecting bose speaker...
Attempting to connect to 4C:87:5D:4C:B3:66
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed br-connection-busy
Setting sink...
Failure: No such entity
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² 1 β ξ² took 10s ο ξ² at 10:34:34 ο
β°β cat $(which sound.sh)
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "Connecting bose speaker..."
bluetoothctl connect 4C:87:5D:4C:B3:66
sleep 10
echo "Setting sink..."
pactl set-default-sink bluez_output.4C_87_5D_4C_B3_66.a2dp-sink
but now/recently, according to wpctl
:
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² β ξ² at 10:36:06 ο
β°β wpctl status
. . .
Audio
ββ Devices:
β 45. Anker PowerConf C300 [alsa]
β 46. GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller [alsa]
β 47. Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller [alsa]
β 83. sndbox [bluez5]
β
ββ Sinks:
β * 32. Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958) [vol: 0.89]
β 55. GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) [vol: 0.74]
so no sink for it. why?
pactl
says the same:
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² INT β ξ² at 10:41:07 ο
β°β pactl list sinks short
57 alsa_output.pci-0000_0b_00.3.iec958-stereo PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
4575 alsa_output.pci-0000_09_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra1 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
pactl info
:
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² β ξ² at 10:41:09 ο
β°β pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 4585
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: ***
Host Name: ***
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.50)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_0b_00.3.iec958-stereo
Default Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_0b_00.3.iec958-stereo.monitor
Cookie: 5f44:fa45
i think i have got pipewire
and pulse
all good/connected up, but obviously not perfectly:
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² β ξ² at 10:41:59 ο
β°β ps auxwww | rg -i pipewire
*** 3290 0.1 0.0 117432 21192 ? S<sl Apr15 24:44 /usr/bin/pipewire
*** 3293 0.2 0.1 66196 52160 ? S<Lsl Apr15 48:30 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
*** 421660 0.0 0.0 9436 6676 pts/0 S<+ 10:44 0:00 rg -i pipewire
czrpb
29 April 2022 17:53
3
Sorry, done:
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² β ξ² at 10:44:33 ο
β°β garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 5.17.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=128122b3-8c17-42c1-97cd-f2cc106196a1 rw [email protected]
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2607
date: 08/14/2020
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2669 high: 3208 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2506 2: 2325
3: 2893 4: 3208 5: 3071 6: 2389 7: 2410 8: 2678 9: 3009 10: 2572 11: 2586
12: 2390 bogomips: 81449
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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports:
active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Anker PowerConf C300 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-4:6 chip-ID: 291a:3361 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.83x15.00")
s-diag: 987mm (38.84")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung S34J55x
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 3440x1440 hz: 50 dpi: 110 gamma: 1.2
size: 797x333mm (31.38x13.11") diag: 864mm (34") modes: max: 3440x1440
min: 720x400
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.3
chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Anker PowerConf C300 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-4:6 chip-ID: 291a:3361 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.3-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.50 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5:5 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.74 TiB used: 79.86 GiB (2.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston
model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 7.22 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.08 GiB (2.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.08 GiB (2.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.08 GiB (2.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.08 GiB (2.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.32 GiB used: 6.2 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 414 Uptime: 14d 52m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.32 GiB
used: 13.76 GiB (43.9%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1385 lib: 337 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.8.1 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.15
Garuda (2.6.2-1):
System install date: 2021-10-20
Last full system update: 2022-04-27 β»
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units:
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czrpb
29 April 2022 18:08
4
ok, ive garuda-update
d and rebooted and my dumb script worked and so the sink is now around, but i dont know why.
sndbox
is my external BT audio speaker . . .
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² β ξ² took 10s ο ξ² at 11:02:15 ο
β°β wpctl status
. . .
Audio
ββ Devices:
β 44. Anker PowerConf C300 [alsa]
β 45. GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller [alsa]
β 46. Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller [alsa]
β 62. sndbox [bluez5]
β
ββ Sinks:
β 32. Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958) [vol: 0.89]
β 55. GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) [vol: 0.74]
β * 63. sndbox [vol: 0.13]
ββ ο
Ό ξ° ο ~ ξ° ξ² β ξ² at 11:02:22 ο
β°β garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 5.17.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=128122b3-8c17-42c1-97cd-f2cc106196a1 rw [email protected]
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2607
date: 08/14/2020
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3227 high: 3598 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2951 2: 3410
3: 2407 4: 3586 5: 3598 6: 2672 7: 3596 8: 3336 9: 2866 10: 3541 11: 3347
12: 3420 bogomips: 81441
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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports:
active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Anker PowerConf C300 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-4:5 chip-ID: 291a:3361 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.83x15.00")
s-diag: 987mm (38.84")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung S34J55x
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 3440x1440 hz: 50 dpi: 110 gamma: 1.2
size: 797x333mm (31.38x13.11") diag: 864mm (34") modes: max: 3440x1440
min: 720x400
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.3
chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Anker PowerConf C300 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-4:5 chip-ID: 291a:3361 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.5-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.74 TiB used: 81.17 GiB (2.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston
model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 7.22 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.46 GiB (2.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.46 GiB (2.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.46 GiB (2.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.46 GiB (2.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.32 GiB used: 2.8 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 358 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.32 GiB
used: 3.28 GiB (10.5%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1386 lib: 338 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.8.1 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.15
Garuda (2.6.2-1):
System install date: 2021-10-20
Last full system update: 2022-04-29
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units:
No sink? You buying bottled water then? Sorry guys I had toβ
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Maybe by the time they have developed the cranial implant for wireless sound, bluetooth technology will be working correctly. Until then just say no to bluetooth.
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