I use a Panasonic CF-31 Mk-5.
New to Garuda, moved from over from Manjaro
pipewire is not nor has ever been compatible with the hardware that gives CF-31s sound, pulse audio is (with minor tweaking)
do to pipewire not being compatible with said hardware is there a version of garuda that comes with Pulseaudio as default, as there is no way to remove pipewire as far as i can tell without bricking the PC.
The short answer is “no”.
PipeWire supports PulseAudio. You can use whatever software you are already using. You should already have all the needed packages already installed, but some configuration may be required if you have a specialized use case.
The CF-31 Mk-5 has a simple Intel High Definition Audio subsystem, why should the hardware not be compatible with pipewire?
Please post your garuda-inxi so that we have an overview of the system.
A precise description of what is not working properly would also be useful.
It is not recommended, but it is possible to replace pipewire with pulseaudio, for example by simply using “Garuda Assistant”.
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.12.17-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=4f7ca69b-d302-400e-b40c-4ea038cddf48 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=7a4a94ca-036e-4320-b309-fc6281d19e71 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.48 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver,xautolock vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Panasonic product: CF-31VFAAX1M v: 003
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: 001
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Panasonic model: CF31-3L v: 1 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: CF-31VFAAX1M uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends
v: 3.10L11 date: 09/11/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 62.9 Wh (95.9%) condition: 65.6/72.8 Wh (90.0%)
volts: 11.8 min: 10.7 model: Panasonic CF-VZSU46 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-3110M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1200 min/max: 1200/2400 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 bogomips: 19167
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Matsushita
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99")
s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: mode: 1024x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) size: N/A
modes: 1024x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB
GT2) device-ID: 8086:0166 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 8 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:0166
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256
bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Matsushita driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.17-1-lts status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Matsushita driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp9s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-1.5:3
chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 21.78 GiB (9.1%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 840J
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 221.41 GiB size: 221.41 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.78 GiB (9.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 221.41 GiB size: 221.41 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.78 GiB (9.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 221.41 GiB size: 221.41 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.78 GiB (9.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 221.41 GiB size: 221.41 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.78 GiB (9.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 4
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.05 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.5 GiB used: 2.15 GiB (13.9%)
Processes: 234 Power: uptime: 4h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1980 libs: 509 tools: paru Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.0
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-03-04
Last full system update: 2025-03-04
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units:
Looks good.
Should we use our 
or can you describe to us what exactly is not working with the audio under pipewire?
it simply may just be that im unfamiliar with pipewire, on Manjaro with PulseAudio it was this simple:
sudo gedit /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
[Edit]
[Element Speaker]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = off
Save and done.
No Sound Whatsoever, config logs show everything enabled or true. ive had this issue on Manjaro when i tried pipewire and wireplumber, and reversed it by loading snapshot to pre-pipewire. cant do that here.
What ive tried so far:
removing Pipewire and adding Pulse Audio; result cant pipewire is a hard requirement of inbuilt software.
running pipewire and pulseaudio side-by-side; result cant conflicts with inbuilt software including eachother.
removing wireplumber and installing pulse; result, no difference.
removing pulse switching back to wireplumber; result no difference.
manually editing conf. ; result no difference.
hard updating wireplumber and pipewire; result no difference
complete hard reset ; result no difference
complete re-install of the system ; result no difference
Mods can close this topic, im not a fan of dealing with a headache…
im going to:
sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/cyberghost/Downloads/manjaro-lxqt-24.2.1-241216-linux612.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress oflag=sync
sweet home no migraines.
If you change your mind, just let us know and we will open this topic again.
Never stop a traveler.
Good luck 