Audio device, but no sink

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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!! :slight_smile:

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:

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                 ξ‚² 1 ✘ ξ‚² took 11s ο‰’ ξ‚² at 10:29:47 ο€—
╰─ 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

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                 ξ‚² 1 ✘ ξ‚² took 10s ο‰’ ξ‚² at 10:34:34 ο€—
╰─ 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:

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                 ξ‚²  βœ” ξ‚² at 10:36:06 ο€—
╰─ wpctl status
     .  .  .
Audio
 β”œβ”€ 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”‚
 β”œβ”€ 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:

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                 ξ‚² INT ✘ ξ‚² at 10:41:07 ο€—
╰─ 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:

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                  ξ‚² βœ” ξ‚² at 10:41:09 ο€—
╰─ 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:

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                       ξ‚² βœ” ξ‚² at 10:41:59 ο€—
╰─ 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
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Sorry, done:

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°           ξ‚² βœ” ξ‚² at 10:44:33 ο€—
╰─ 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 rootflags=subvol=@
    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 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:
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ok, ive garuda-updated 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 . . .

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°                    ξ‚² βœ” ξ‚² took 10s ο‰’ ξ‚² at 11:02:15 ο€—
╰─ wpctl status
      .  .  .
Audio
 β”œβ”€ 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”‚
 β”œβ”€ 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]

╭─ ο…Ό ξ‚°  ~ ξ‚°             ξ‚² βœ” ξ‚² at 11:02:22 ο€—
╰─ 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 rootflags=subvol=@
    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:
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No sink? You buying bottled water then? Sorry guys I had to​:sweat_smile:

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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. :rofl:

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