[E][08813.651440][module-protocol-: 601 lock_socket()] server 0x560cc6241d30: unable to lock lockfile '/run/user/1000/pipewire-0.lock'

I tried to run pipewire from terminal and got these errors , does anyone know how to help me?
[E][08813.651440][module-protocol-: 601 lock_socket()] server 0x560cc6241d30: unable to lock lockfile '/run/user/1000/pipewire-0.lock': Resource temporarily unavailable (maybe another daemon is running)
[E][08813.651780][ conf.c: 411 load_module()] config 0x560cc62046f0: could not load mandatory module"libpipewire-module-protocol-native": Temporarily unavailable resource
[E][08813.652082][ pipewire.c: 117 main()] failed to create context: Temporarily unavailable resource

Could you provide

inxi -Faz

And this problem is likely to be caused due to the daemon already running.

System:    Kernel: 5.10.63-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=e3e71940-9aa0-43a2-9887-305c049219e0 
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20F5S0W20R v: ThinkPad X260 serial: <filter> Chassis: 
type: 10 serial: <filter> 
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20F5S0W20R v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO 
v: R02ET74W (1.47 ) date: 09/15/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 37.3/47.5 Wh (78.5%) volts: 12.3 min: 10.8 
model: SANYO 45N1767 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-6300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake family: 6 
model-id: 4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: EA cache: L2: 3 MiB 
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19999 
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
Type: spectre_v2 
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300 
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel 
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x720 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x190mm (13.3x7.5") s-diag: 388mm (15.3") 
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1280x720 dpi: 116 size: 280x160mm (11.0x6.3") diag: 322mm (12.7") 
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403 
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.63-1-lts running: yes 
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.35 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: efa0
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:156f class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 46.9 GiB (10.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2KF480H6L size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: L43P scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 447.13 GiB size: 447.13 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.9 GiB (10.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 447.13 GiB size: 447.13 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.9 GiB (10.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 447.13 GiB size: 447.13 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.9 GiB (10.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 447.13 GiB size: 447.13 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.9 GiB (10.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.19 GiB used: 67.5 MiB (0.9%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3068
Info:      Processes: 202 Uptime: 5h 44m wakeups: 3 Memory: 7.19 GiB used: 3.45 GiB (48.0%) Init: systemd
v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1511 lib: 371
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06

Maybe the problem is here.

Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.2-4-cacule running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
           Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.35 running: yes

Woks here.

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Try rebooting.

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If reboot didn't help, please post

ps ax | grep pipewire

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