Random Play/Pause/volume changes

Issues & Assistance
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There's this problem I've been having for a while. For the most part, the system runs perfectly fine. Every now and then, maybe after watching 30min or an hour of videos, on YouTube or SMPlayer, it will pause or restart randomly, stop the video, or the volume will jump up or jump down.

I tried kernels Zen and Xanmod and it happens in both.

Any idea what could be causing this? It's very occasional and random.

My computer is a Helios 300 laptop.

System:
Kernel: 6.0.3-x64v2-xanmod1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-xanmod-edge
root=UUID=58203bda-e2e2-4c32-a006-c91d933cad4e rw rootflags=subvol=@
loglevel=3 quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.2 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Predator PH315-53 v: V1.01
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: CML model: QX50_CMS v: V1.01 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: 1.01 date: 04/27/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 41.7 Wh (97.9%) condition: 42.6/58.8 Wh (72.5%)
volts: 16.6 min: 15.4 model: SMP AP18E7M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3067 high: 4597 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 1378 2: 1918 3: 1959
4: 4455 5: 2569 6: 4550 7: 4439 8: 3598 9: 2600 10: 2600 11: 2147 12: 4597
bogomips: 62399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 515.76
alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-02) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f15 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3
chip-ID: 0408:a061 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: primary
model: Samsung serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 40
gamma: 1.2 size: 1210x680mm (47.64x26.77") diag: 1168mm (46") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP-1-1 note: disabled model: AU Optronics 0x82ed
built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.76 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
2060/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-1.3:6 v: kernel
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl chip-ID: 08bb:29b0 class-ID: 0300
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2900B Audio CODEC type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.3-x64v2-xanmod1-1 running: yes
Sound Interface: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.66 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.19 TiB used: 1.17 TiB (36.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Blue SN570 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 234200WD temp: 59.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN730
SDBQNTY-512G-1014 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 11101100 temp: 24.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A3J0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%) used: 441.9 GiB (23.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 51.2 MiB (53.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 441.9 GiB (23.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 441.9 GiB (23.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 441.9 GiB (23.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.47 GiB used: 1.16 GiB (7.5%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 11.72 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C pch: 78.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
temp: 63 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 380 Uptime: 2h 28m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.47 GiB
used: 4.35 GiB (28.1%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 alt: 11 clang: 15.0.7 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 2090 libs: 552 tools: octopi,pamac,paru pm: appimage
pkgs: 0 Shell: fish v: 3.6.0 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.25
Garuda (2.6.15-1):
System install date:     2021-11-24
Last full system update: 2023-03-04 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:            systemd-oomd.socket
2

Nobody has any idea? What component could be responsible for this?

I tried with a different keyboard, and without ckb-next service handling keyboard stuff. Issue persisted so that excludes faulty keyboard sending weird signals.

3

Do you have JamesDSP running? I had some very strange issues with this in the past. I'd get YouTube videos that wouldn't start until I clicked the Audio Devices, pausing videos, weird stuff like that happening. I actually almost gave up on Garuda because of it, until I tried closing this program and the issue vanished. Unfortunately, I don't have anything based in evidence to go off of here, only personal experience. Your install date goes back to late 2021, though I'm not sure when they added/removed this audio effect processor from Garuda.

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I don't have JamesDSP installed

5

An interesting observation. I have some audio players that I programmed myself that are running 24/7 in the background. I never experience that problem with those software (that are based on BASS audio engine).

It only happens when YouTube or MPlayer are open, and if I close those apps, the problem immediately stops. My other players don't go jumping around in volume if neither YouTube nor MPlayer is open.

6

Now that that WPS Office spellcheck is fixed, this remains the only issue left to resolve.

So far I tried:

  • Switching kernel
  • Switching keyboard and closing ckb-next
  • Closing competing audio apps

The issue persists. Occasionally.

Is there any way I can debug what's going on behind the scene when the audio device goes berserk? I was just trying to listen to some videos and it wouldn't let me.

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Perhaps we can at least identify what component(s) could be responsible?

Random Pause/Play is at the player level, not the audio driver... so does that exclude Pipewire?

My own media player apps are not affected by the problem, but they do not listen to keyboard media buttons.

Is there something that could cause bogus media keyboard buttons to be processed occasionally? As I said, I tried switching keyboard and closing ckb-next app. Perhaps the daemon was still running though.

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I haven't had the issue since stopping ckb-next-daemon, the service handling Corsair keyboard, so that seems to be responsible.

I opened a ticket on the ckb-next side.

That would explain why nobody seems to have the issue; very few would use a Corsair keyboard when it's not even supported on Linux.

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As a follow-up to this issue.

After disabling ckb-next keyboard service, the problem occurred a lot less; but it's still happening, it seems more with Vivaldi web browser.

So it seems that the problem is triggered by something that is used by ckb-next and vivaldi. But the problem is neither of these.

12

you have pulse audio installed which is known for causing conflict and issues in garuda. Remove it and reinstall pipewire following this article.

13

pulseaudio-qt is required by: kdeconnect and libfakekey. First one is useful to have; 2nd one sounds suspicious.

Then libpulse is used by many more applications. It doesn't seem like a component that can be removed.

14

I checked kdeconnect and both libfakekey and pulseaudio-qt seem to be it's dependencies.

however, pulseaudio-qt doesn't seem to be listed as pulseaudio's dependency as you can see here

Depends On      : alsa-lib  fftw  libcap  libltdl  libpulse=16.1-6  libsm  libsoxr  libxtst  orc  rtkit
speexdsp  tdb  webrtc-audio-processing
Optional Deps   : pulseaudio-alsa: ALSA configuration (recommended)
pulseaudio-bluetooth: Bluetooth support
pulseaudio-equalizer: Graphical equalizer
pulseaudio-jack: Jack support
pulseaudio-lirc: IR (lirc) support
pulseaudio-rtp: RTP and RAOP support
pulseaudio-zeroconf: Zeroconf support

are you sure you are running

pacman -Rns pulseaudio

and this is what's asking you to remove pulseaudio-qt?? because that shouldn't happen logically.
also I never had pulseaudio in my system and kdeconnect seemed to work fine however I removed it a while ago (roughly a month).

15

Pulseaudio package itself is not installed.

16

Well I picked that information from your inxi. Could you possibly provide screenshot of the command you are running to remove pulseaudio. It could be possible you are running it with wrong spelling or something.

Can you repost your garuda-inxi again??

17

Just copy the entered command including the output and post it as text.
Pictures from the terminal are unnecessary and also not desired.

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18

I look from octopi. pulseaudio package is not installed. The only installed package that contains "pulseaudio" is pulseaudio-qt.

Here's my Inxi again

System:
Kernel: 6.2.12-x64v1-xanmod1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-xanmod
root=UUID=58203bda-e2e2-4c32-a006-c91d933cad4e rw rootflags=subvol=@
loglevel=3 quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Predator PH315-53 v: V1.01
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: CML model: QX50_CMS v: V1.01 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: 1.01 date: 04/27/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 42.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.5/58.8 Wh (72.3%)
volts: 16.5 min: 15.4 model: SMP AP18E7M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3391 high: 3500 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3500 2: 3302 3: 3354
4: 3500 5: 3483 6: 3500 7: 3500 8: 2600 9: 3500 10: 3462 11: 3500 12: 3500
bogomips: 62399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03
alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-2
empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f15 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3
chip-ID: 0408:a061 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: primary
model: Samsung serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 40
gamma: 1.2 size: 1210x680mm (47.64x26.77") diag: 1168mm (46") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP-1-1 note: disabled model: AU Optronics 0x82ed
built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 530.41.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
2060/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-1.3:6 chip-ID: 08bb:29b0
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 class-ID: 0300
chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2900B Audio CODEC type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
API: ALSA v: k6.2.12-x64v1-xanmod1-1 status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.69 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.19 TiB used: 1.21 TiB (38.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN730
SDBQNTY-512G-1014 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 11101100 temp: 24.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Blue SN570 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 234200WD temp: 58.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A3J0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%) used: 469.78 GiB (25.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 51.2 MiB (53.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 469.78 GiB (25.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 469.78 GiB (25.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 469.78 GiB (25.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.45 GiB used: 2 GiB (12.9%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 11.72 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C pch: 72.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
temp: 55 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 379 Uptime: 5d 17h 0m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.45 GiB
used: 4.39 GiB (28.4%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 alt: 11 clang: 15.0.7 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 2108 libs: 557 tools: octopi,pamac,paru pm: appimage
pkgs: 0 Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2021-11-24
Last full system update: 2023-04-23 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:            systemd-oomd.socket
19

How did you even install sndiod. Anyway, you were correct it seems your new inxi doesn’t have pulseaudio anymore but does have sndiod. Please remove it.

sudo pacman -Rns sndio

You don’t need multiple sound servers. Once you are done reinstall pipewire following the post I gave before

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sndio is needed by many components, including smplayer and mpv