I have a Garuda install and have been unable to play any games on my system after switching to wireplumber on my external sound card (RME Fireface 400).
I have posted about this in a number of forums already, including the wireplumber Gitlab almost a year back, and the problem still persists for me. I also posted on this Reddit to no avail. I did a search on this forum, and another Garuda user had the same issue and was only able to solve it by switching audio profiles and another similar issue (this did not work for me).
However, switching devices from my external sound card to onboard or HDMI allows games to function as they would normally.
How can I configure Wireguard and Garuda Linux so that I can play games (launched via Wine or Steam)?
System:
Kernel: 6.4.1-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b0aff0a6-c230-4053-b43e-55214acd87fb rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=c521b8b7-0aed-4d7d-b959-564847a6d85d loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII HERO v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3401
date: 01/25/2017
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_5 charge: 100% condition: N/A volts: 4.2 min: N/A
model: Logitech G703 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse w/ HERO type: N/A
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-7700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3350 high: 4200 min/max: 800/4500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 4200 3: 4200
4: 4200 5: 4200 6: 4200 7: 800 8: 4200 bogomips: 67200
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8.2.4.3:10
chip-ID: 045e:0779 class-ID: 0102
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5560x2520 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: top-center res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: bottom-r res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,top-left res: 1080x1920 size: N/A
modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.3 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (navi21
LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.4.1-zen2-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8.2.4.3:10
chip-ID: 045e:0779 class-ID: 0102
API: ALSA v: k6.4.1-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.72 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 10.46 TiB used: 9.88 TiB (94.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW010T8
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BP480G4
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0420 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A82 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1CH166
size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC29 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DX001-1CE168
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC44 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 412.42 GiB size: 412.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.45 GiB (13.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 580 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 412.42 GiB size: 412.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.45 GiB (13.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 412.42 GiB size: 412.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.45 GiB (13.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 412.42 GiB size: 412.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.45 GiB (13.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 701.8 MiB (2.2%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.41 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 66.0 C
mem: 62.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 312 Uptime: 50m wakeups: 13 Memory: available: 31.29 GiB
used: 7.87 GiB (25.2%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1877
libs: 553 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date: 2023-05-24
Last full system update: 2023-07-07
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
Wireplumber Config
(~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf)
# WirePlumber daemon context configuration #
context.properties = {
## Properties to configure the PipeWire context and some modules
#application.name = WirePlumber
log.level = 2
wireplumber.script-engine = lua-scripting
#wireplumber.export-core = true
#mem.mlock-all = false
#support.dbus = true
}
context.spa-libs = {
#<factory-name regex> = <library-name>
#
# Used to find spa factory names. It maps an spa factory name
# regular expression to a library name that should contain
# that factory.
#
api.alsa.* = alsa/libspa-alsa
api.bluez5.* = bluez5/libspa-bluez5
api.v4l2.* = v4l2/libspa-v4l2
api.libcamera.* = libcamera/libspa-libcamera
audio.convert.* = audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert
support.* = support/libspa-support
}
context.modules = [
#{ name = <module-name>
# [ args = { <key> = <value> ... } ]
# [ flags = [ [ ifexists ] [ nofail ] ]
#}
#
# PipeWire modules to load.
# If ifexists is given, the module is ignored when it is not found.
# If nofail is given, module initialization failures are ignored.
#
# Uses RTKit to boost the data thread priority.
{ name = libpipewire-module-rt
args = {
nice.level = -11
#rt.prio = 88
#rt.time.soft = -1
#rt.time.hard = -1
}
flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
}
# The native communication protocol.
{ name = libpipewire-module-protocol-native }
# Allows creating nodes that run in the context of the
# client. Is used by all clients that want to provide
# data to PipeWire.
{ name = libpipewire-module-client-node }
# Allows creating devices that run in the context of the
# client. Is used by the session manager.
{ name = libpipewire-module-client-device }
# Makes a factory for wrapping nodes in an adapter with a
# converter and resampler.
{ name = libpipewire-module-adapter }
# Allows applications to create metadata objects. It creates
# a factory for Metadata objects.
{ name = libpipewire-module-metadata }
# Provides factories to make session manager objects.
{ name = libpipewire-module-session-manager }
# Provides factories to make SPA node objects.
{ name = libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory }
]
wireplumber.components = [
#{ name = <component-name>, type = <component-type> }
#
# WirePlumber components to load
#
# The lua scripting engine
{ name = libwireplumber-module-lua-scripting, type = module }
# The lua configuration file(s)
# Other components are loaded from there
{ name = main.lua, type = config/lua }
{ name = policy.lua, type = config/lua }
{ name = bluetooth.lua, type = config/lua }
]
pipewire.conf
# Daemon config file for PipeWire version "0.3.56" #
#
# Copy and edit this file in /etc/pipewire for system-wide changes
# or in ~/.config/pipewire for local changes.
#
# It is also possible to place a file with an updated section in
# /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/ for system-wide changes or in
# ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/ for local changes.
#
context.properties = {
## Configure properties in the system.
#library.name.system = support/libspa-support
#context.data-loop.library.name.system = support/libspa-support
#support.dbus = true
#link.max-buffers = 64
link.max-buffers = 16 # version < 3 clients can't handle more
#mem.warn-mlock = false
#mem.allow-mlock = true
#mem.mlock-all = false
#clock.power-of-two-quantum = true
#log.level = 2
#cpu.zero.denormals = false
core.daemon = true # listening for socket connections
core.name = pipewire-0 # core name and socket name
## Properties for the DSP configuration.
default.clock.rate = 48000
default.clock.allowed-rates = [ 48000 ]
default.clock.quantum = 128
default.clock.min-quantum = 16
default.clock.max-quantum = 128
#default.clock.quantum-limit = 8192
#default.video.width = 640
#default.video.height = 480
#default.video.rate.num = 25
#default.video.rate.denom = 1
#
#settings.check-quantum = false
#settings.check-rate = false
#
# These overrides are only applied when running in a vm.
vm.overrides = {
default.clock.min-quantum = 1024
}
}
context.spa-libs = {
#<factory-name regex> = <library-name>
#
# Used to find spa factory names. It maps an spa factory name
# regular expression to a library name that should contain
# that factory.
#
audio.convert.* = audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert
avb.* = avb/libspa-avb
api.alsa.* = alsa/libspa-alsa
api.v4l2.* = v4l2/libspa-v4l2
api.libcamera.* = libcamera/libspa-libcamera
api.bluez5.* = bluez5/libspa-bluez5
api.vulkan.* = vulkan/libspa-vulkan
api.jack.* = jack/libspa-jack
support.* = support/libspa-support
#videotestsrc = videotestsrc/libspa-videotestsrc
#audiotestsrc = audiotestsrc/libspa-audiotestsrc
}
context.modules = [
#{ name = <module-name>
# [ args = { <key> = <value> ... } ]
# [ flags = [ [ ifexists ] [ nofail ] ]
#}
#
# Loads a module with the given parameters.
# If ifexists is given, the module is ignored when it is not found.
# If nofail is given, module initialization failures are ignored.
#
# Uses realtime scheduling to boost the audio thread priorities. This uses
# RTKit if the user doesn't have permission to use regular realtime
# scheduling.
{ name = libpipewire-module-rt
args = {
nice.level = -11
rt.prio = 100
#rt.time.soft = -1
#rt.time.hard = -1
}
flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
}
# The native communication protocol.
{ name = libpipewire-module-protocol-native }
# The profile module. Allows application to access profiler
# and performance data. It provides an interface that is used
# by pw-top and pw-profiler.
{ name = libpipewire-module-profiler }
# Allows applications to create metadata objects. It creates
# a factory for Metadata objects.
{ name = libpipewire-module-metadata }
# Creates a factory for making devices that run in the
# context of the PipeWire server.
{ name = libpipewire-module-spa-device-factory }
# Creates a factory for making nodes that run in the
# context of the PipeWire server.
{ name = libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory }
# Allows creating nodes that run in the context of the
# client. Is used by all clients that want to provide
# data to PipeWire.
{ name = libpipewire-module-client-node }
# Allows creating devices that run in the context of the
# client. Is used by the session manager.
{ name = libpipewire-module-client-device }
# The portal module monitors the PID of the portal process
# and tags connections with the same PID as portal
# connections.
{ name = libpipewire-module-portal
flags = [ ifexists nofail ]
}
# The access module can perform access checks and block
# new clients.
{ name = libpipewire-module-access
args = {
# access.allowed to list an array of paths of allowed
# apps.
#access.allowed = [
# /usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
#]
# An array of rejected paths.
#access.rejected = [ ]
# An array of paths with restricted access.
#access.restricted = [ ]
# Anything not in the above lists gets assigned the
# access.force permission.
#access.force = flatpak
}
}
# Makes a factory for wrapping nodes in an adapter with a
# converter and resampler.
{ name = libpipewire-module-adapter }
# Makes a factory for creating links between ports.
{ name = libpipewire-module-link-factory }
# Provides factories to make session manager objects.
{ name = libpipewire-module-session-manager }
# Use libcanberra to play X11 Bell
#{ name = libpipewire-module-x11-bell
# args = {
# #sink.name = ""
# #sample.name = "bell-window-system"
# #x11.display = null
# #x11.xauthority = null
# }
#}
]
context.objects = [
#{ factory = <factory-name>
# [ args = { <key> = <value> ... } ]
# [ flags = [ [ nofail ] ]
#}
#
# Creates an object from a PipeWire factory with the given parameters.
# If nofail is given, errors are ignored (and no object is created).
#
#{ factory = spa-node-factory args = { factory.name = videotestsrc node.name = videotestsrc Spa:Pod:Object:Param:Props:patternType = 1 } }
#{ factory = spa-device-factory args = { factory.name = api.jack.device foo=bar } flags = [ nofail ] }
#{ factory = spa-device-factory args = { factory.name = api.alsa.enum.udev } }
#{ factory = spa-node-factory args = { factory.name = api.alsa.seq.bridge node.name = Internal-MIDI-Bridge } }
#{ factory = adapter args = { factory.name = audiotestsrc node.name = my-test } }
#{ factory = spa-node-factory args = { factory.name = api.vulkan.compute.source node.name = my-compute-source } }
# A default dummy driver. This handles nodes marked with the "node.always-driver"
# property when no other driver is currently active. JACK clients need this.
{ factory = spa-node-factory
args = {
factory.name = support.node.driver
node.name = Dummy-Driver
node.group = pipewire.dummy
priority.driver = 20000
}
}
{ factory = spa-node-factory
args = {
factory.name = support.node.driver
node.name = Freewheel-Driver
priority.driver = 19000
node.group = pipewire.freewheel
node.freewheel = true
}
}
# This creates a new Source node. It will have input ports
# that you can link, to provide audio for this source.
#{ factory = adapter
# args = {
# factory.name = support.null-audio-sink
# node.name = "my-mic"
# node.description = "Microphone"
# media.class = "Audio/Source/Virtual"
# audio.position = "FL,FR"
# }
#}
# This creates a single PCM source device for the given
# alsa device path hw:0. You can change source to sink
# to make a sink in the same way.
#{ factory = adapter
# args = {
# factory.name = api.alsa.pcm.source
# node.name = "alsa-source"
# node.description = "PCM Source"
# media.class = "Audio/Source"
# api.alsa.path = "hw:0"
# api.alsa.period-size = 1024
# api.alsa.headroom = 0
# api.alsa.disable-mmap = false
# api.alsa.disable-batch = false
# audio.format = "S16LE"
# audio.rate = 48000
# audio.channels = 2
# audio.position = "FL,FR"
# }
#}
]
context.exec = [
#{ path = <program-name> [ args = "<arguments>" ] }
#
# Execute the given program with arguments.
#
# You can optionally start the session manager here,
# but it is better to start it as a systemd service.
# Run the session manager with -h for options.
#
#{ path = "/usr/bin/pipewire-media-session" args = "" }
#
# You can optionally start the pulseaudio-server here as well
# but it is better to start it as a systemd service.
# It can be interesting to start another daemon here that listens
# on another address with the -a option (eg. -a tcp:4713).
#
#{ path = "/usr/bin/pipewire" args = "-c pipewire-pulse.conf" }
]