Hey, so I'm not sure if this is related to Garuda or not if I'm being honest so apologies for that, but I have been really trying to get a startup sound on my laptop. It's more just for aesthetics, but as it does not work, it shows that there is likely an issue and I worry about what this issue may be. I have tried different audio files with wav and ogg files and I tried on bore and zen kernel in case it was related to the kernel.
The way I set this up was by getting the wav or ogg file and going into KDE system settings>Notifications>Configure>Plasma Workspace>Configure Events and then selecting Login and my audio file. I was expecting this, upon a reboot, to play the wav or ogg file loaded but on boot I have silence like before. If anyone has any clue what could be causing this then I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks
Let me try this again as it was assumed I hadn't already googled this query last time. I did check for answers and tried them but had no luck. That is why I am asking here. Therefore this is not a precondition failed question as I did my research first to no avail. I'll try to remember to mention that I researched first next time.
Hey, so I'm not sure if this is related to Garuda or not if I'm being honest so apologies for that, but I have been really trying to get a startup sound on my laptop. It's more just for aesthetics, but as it does not work, it shows that there is likely an issue and I worry about what this issue may be. I have tried different audio files with wav and ogg files and I tried on bore and zen kernel in case it was related to the kernel.
The way I set this up was by getting the wav or ogg file and going into KDE system settings>Notifications>Configure>Plasma Workspace>Configure Events and then selecting Login and my audio file. I was expecting this, upon a reboot, to play the wav or ogg file loaded but on boot I have silence like before. If anyone has any clue what could be causing this then I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks
Well I didn't think to document every step I tried and I don't remember everything I did try to be honest as I kept restoring snapshots to undo whatever I did but some of the things I remember trying was switching between wireplumber, pipewire and pulseaudio and modifying the pulse config file as shown in one of the links. I'll try and find specifically what I did but my search history clears on closing so I'll have to look through the pages until I recognise it and my phrasing of the question.
Okay so I've been going through that thread with not much luck. Although it did give me the idea of looking through the autostart folder and setting up a Desktop Entry. I followed a guide where you can use mpv to play the audio file. I created the entry at /etc/xdg/autostart and for execute I gave it the command to run the file through mpv. I saved the file and logged out and back in and it worked! I heard the audio play when I logged back in. The problem though, is that it does not play when rebooting the laptop. I can see from the graphical visualiser widget that the audio is playing, but I can't hear it as it is seemingly muted although my audio is at max. So something about wireplumber or pipewire might possibly be muting the audio at boot but not when logging out and back in? Not sure what to do to fix this but at least a little progress was made.
I mean does it really matter? I've got a problem I'm trying to fix regardless of the reason lol. It's just nice to have aesthetically and so I know it's on due to me stepping away sometimes. And it's not just about the bootup but also sounds in general for other warnings and notifications. It's just a problem I want to know how to fix incase it has a bigger impact. Like what if this problem is caused by something more serious elsewhere? Regardless of the importance of a feature I just don't like something to be broken and not acting as expected. Simple as that really.
Thanks for the information guys. Currently in a warehouse for work but will give it a go when I'm back. As I mentioned before it isn't a big deal and is more asthetics so no worries if it doesn't work out but would just be good to narrow down the cause. And yeah you're definitely @tbg in that it could be a wayland thing. Hadn't even considered that to be honest considering everything else I've been messing around with. I'll give it a test with xorg first with my current method and if not working then I'll try your way through xorg and wayland too.
