Constant Audio Crackling usually caused by opening Steam, but often just completely random | Arch Linux Community | Page 2

astral creek May 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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How would I check?

hardy sandal May 29, 2023, 11:59 PM

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if u havent changed it pipewire default is 48khz

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/unutlu/how_to_change_sample_rate_in_pipewire/

r/linuxaudio - how to change sample rate in pipewire

13 votes and 12 comments so far on Reddit

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:00 AM

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I fucking love now having more issues than before

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YIPPEE

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:01 AM

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anyway it could also be the usb drivers after even more googling

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Check your audio cables and connections: Make sure all the cables connecting your audio devices are securely plugged in. If you're using external speakers or headphones, try disconnecting and reconnecting them.

Update your system: Ensure that your Arch Linux system is up to date with the latest software updates and patches. Use the package manager (e.g., pacman) to update your system.

Update Pipewire: Verify that you have the latest version of Pipewire installed. Run the following command to update it: sudo pacman -Syu pipewire.

Adjust the audio settings in Pipewire: Open the Pipewire configuration file (/etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf) and check the settings related to your audio devices. You may need to adjust the sample rate, buffer size, or other parameters based on your specific hardware.

Check the system logs: Review the system logs for any error messages related to audio. You can use the journalctl command to view the system logs. Look for any relevant entries that could help identify the cause of the audio issues.

Disable unnecessary audio plugins: Pipewire supports various plugins and modules. Try disabling any unnecessary plugins that might be causing conflicts or performance issues. You can modify the Pipewire configuration file to disable specific plugins.

Test with different applications: If the issue occurs specifically when playing games or using OBS, try testing the audio with other applications. This will help determine if the problem is limited to certain software or if it affects the entire system.

Verify hardware compatibility: Ensure that your audio hardware is fully compatible with Pipewire and Arch Linux. Check the manufacturer's website or community forums for any known issues or compatibility updates.

Seek community support: Visit relevant Arch Linux forums, subreddits, or online communities to seek assistance from experienced users who may have encountered similar audio issues. They may provide additional insights or specific solutions for your hardware configuration.```

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chatgpts response

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:03 AM

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hardy sandal anyway it could also be the usb drivers after even more googling

What drivers
I don't think there are any

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:04 AM

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i am using usb for my audio if that matters

ChatGPT
If you're using a USB audio device, there are a few additional steps you can try to troubleshoot the audio issues:

Test a different USB port: Sometimes, certain USB ports can have compatibility or power delivery issues. Try connecting your USB audio device to a different USB port on your computer to see if that resolves the problem.

Check USB power settings: Some computers have power management settings that can affect USB devices. Make sure that your USB ports are not set to a low power mode. You can adjust these settings in your computer's BIOS or UEFI settings.

Update USB drivers: Ensure that your USB drivers are up to date. You can usually download the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website or use a driver update utility.

Try a different USB cable: USB cables can sometimes be faulty or have compatibility issues. If possible, try using a different USB cable to connect your audio device and see if that improves the audio quality.

Check for USB audio device firmware updates: Visit the manufacturer's website for your USB audio device and check if there are any firmware updates available. Updating the firmware can sometimes address compatibility or performance issues.

Test the USB audio device on another computer: If possible, try connecting your USB audio device to another computer to see if the issue persists. This will help determine if the problem is specific to your computer or if it's related to the audio device itself.

If none of these steps resolve the audio issues, it's possible that there may be a compatibility or driver issue with the USB audio device and Pipewire. In that case, reaching out to the manufacturer's support or consulting the Arch Linux community for further assistance would be advisable.```

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according to chatgpt

nimble stumpBOT May 30, 2023, 12:05 AM

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What in the fuck is happening here?

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:06 AM

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ive consulted vertex webhook who is an expert at linux and smarter than me

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perhaps they can help you better than i

nimble stumpBOT May 30, 2023, 12:07 AM

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wish i had an openai key so i could ask those local idiots to tldr this thread for me

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:08 AM

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@coarse spirethey have crackling audio issues

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and reinstall arch doesnt fix

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they use usb audio and have a broken headphone jack so they cant try that

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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well i have crackling audio issues too, mainly in windows vm

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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they have it everywhere tho

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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maybe their cpu/dac is just shit?

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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hardy sandal they have it everywhere tho

No I don't

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It's fine on Windows

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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what

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well i mean everywhere on arch

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:10 AM

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coarse spire maybe their cpu/dac is just shit?

i7 9750h
Meizu DAC/AMP

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:10 AM

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does it work in something like idk puppy linux

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:10 AM

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What

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:10 AM

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it does work they have said

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i believe

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:10 AM

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astral creek What

puppy linux is a general purpose live cd distro with bonus features

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i think it has a media player

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if that thing does not crackle, its an arch issue

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if it does, its more of a linux kernel L

hardy sandal May 30, 2023, 12:11 AM

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i told them try booting up an arch based distro on live usb but idk

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:12 AM

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coarse spire if that thing does not crackle, its an arch issue

Yeah but it often takes an hour for it to happen

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Then it sticks for a really long time, and then gone again

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:13 AM

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thonk

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looks like something starts chugging on your system resources in that time

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:14 AM

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It often does happen when there's a system hog yes, I would like to prioritize audio in that case

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But it often happens when I'm just watching youtube too

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:15 AM

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what was it, uhh

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pactl info

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what does it show

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:15 AM

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coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:15 AM

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so it is pipewire

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:16 AM

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Yes, I reinstalled pipewire

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Because pulseaudio was screwing up worse

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 12:18 AM

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i suggest you looking into https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/Performance-tuning

GitLab

Performance tuning · Wiki · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab

Multimedia processing graphs

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weirdly enough, pulseaudio also caused issues for me - my earbuds did not connect to bluetooth in gnome specifically

astral creek May 30, 2023, 12:19 AM

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Yeah, just tested all frequencies from 20hz to 20khz

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Works fine, so my headphones are fine

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And my ears

opal tide May 30, 2023, 6:05 AM

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hardy sandal ``` ME i am using usb for my audio if that matters ChatGPT If you're using a US...

Stop using ChatGPT it's fucking useless

astral creek May 30, 2023, 9:05 PM

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Why won't it enable

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I am going insane

coarse spire May 30, 2023, 9:11 PM

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enable it with --user

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systemctl enable --user pipewire-pulse

astral creek May 30, 2023, 9:11 PM

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astral creek May 30, 2023, 9:13 PM

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coarse spire `systemctl enable --user pipewire-pulse`

Any other ideas?

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Oh, no sudo

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Yes, says enabled

astral creek May 30, 2023, 9:49 PM

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God this is pissing me off so much

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Why does my shit refuse to work
Worst of it, it always happens AFTER someone suggests a "fix" for it

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It all seems fine, so why is my audio still not working right

shy pumice May 31, 2023, 6:56 AM

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astral creek It all seems fine, so why is my audio still not working right

Could you please send following file here.
~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf

astral creek May 31, 2023, 7:04 AM

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Uh, when I get home

astral creek May 31, 2023, 12:18 PM

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@shy pumice Hm

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HMMM

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:01 PM

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@shy pumiceSo uh

shy pumice May 31, 2023, 2:03 PM

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Ok i wanna die. So basically what is wrong in my assumption is a possibility the sample rate mismatch from the audio server and your DAC. I have no idea how to change it for sure. But you can try to load track in audacity and to play with sample rate there to just test this idea.

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:04 PM

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It...should be 48

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I don't see why it wouldn't

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I...definitely have music to test with, but beh

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What increments do I test in?
What am I looking for?

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Or, hearing for rather

void shadow May 31, 2023, 2:12 PM

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Can you try another device on your computer?

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:13 PM

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I canno't

void shadow May 31, 2023, 2:13 PM

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Just a simple pair of head phones or speakers

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:13 PM

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Speakers are awful
And my headphone port is fucked

void shadow May 31, 2023, 2:13 PM

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It’s just for troubleshooting

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It’ll confirm if it’s the dac

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If the issue persists likely not, if it doesn’t likely yes

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:14 PM

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The DAC works fine on other devices

void shadow May 31, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Cool, but this could still be an issue of specifically these two things

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Well idk how I would test that

void shadow May 31, 2023, 2:14 PM

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shy pumice Ok i wanna die. So basically what is wrong in my assumption is a possibility the...

This is what we are looking at

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:14 PM

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HDMI audio maybe?

void shadow May 31, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Sure

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Doesn’t matter if the speakers are bad, if they don’t have the same issue then we can say it’s an issue of the dac on arch, and if it is, maybe someone else can help with that

astral creek May 31, 2023, 2:15 PM

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Oh, no I'm plugging my headphones into my monitor

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God, lack of power, I have 100% volume and it sounds like 40%

astral creek May 31, 2023, 6:02 PM

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Hm
I think the issue has to do with power draw to the DAC

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Cuz so far, nothing wrong with using the HDMI audio

astral creek Jun 1, 2023, 7:06 AM

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The only logical conclusion is that my DAC has a lower power draw priority compared to the rest of the PC

astral creek Jun 2, 2023, 1:55 PM

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Nooo, the audio issues are back

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:50 PM

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Pulseaudio or Pipewire

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:50 PM

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Pipewire

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Pulseaudio doesn't function right at all

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:51 PM

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how do you configure your adio?

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:51 PM

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Wym by configure?

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:51 PM

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like mute and stuff like that

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:51 PM

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I do that with my keyboard

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:51 PM

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Install pavucontrol and look at the settings

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I had the same problem

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:52 PM

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Crackly audio?

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:52 PM

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I had my audio set to some weird setting, fullex thingy works for me

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:52 PM

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Wait no but Pavu is for Pulse

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I'm using pipewire

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:53 PM

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u use pulse-pipewire

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:53 PM

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astral creek Why won't it enable

^

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:53 PM

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I fixed that part

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:53 PM

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I actual use pipewore-pulse & alsa-pulseaduio

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:53 PM

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Ok well, I have Pavu now

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:54 PM

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then I can use pactl for my audio

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:54 PM

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astral creek Ok well, I have Pavu now

open it and look at your settings

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:54 PM

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Pretty sure I have it set up like that too?

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Uh

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:55 PM

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I have analog stereo duplex everywhere

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:55 PM

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That is not an option

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:55 PM

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what are options then?

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:55 PM

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And yes, I have tried all those options

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If it sends...

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:56 PM

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did you try rebooting yet

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:56 PM

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Discord please

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:56 PM

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the good old lag/crash on pasting an image?

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:56 PM

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Of course I've rebooted, this has been an issue for like 3 months

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Of course I've rebooted, this has been an issue for like 3 months

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Thanks discord

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:57 PM

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interesting

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:58 PM

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Anyway, duplex is not an option because this is USB audio

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Yes I have tried other audio sinks, no they do not have problems

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 12:58 PM

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hm

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 12:58 PM

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And yes, I do have to use USB audio normally because

My headphone jack is broken
600 ohm headphones

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HDMI audio has no issues, other than low power

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I think the issue is a power draw problem to the DAC, but I can't be sure, and idk how to test, but this does not happen on my phone, or on other distros

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:00 PM

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I had a different problem then 😦

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:01 PM

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Was your audio crackly?

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:01 PM

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Yea mainly the input

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:02 PM

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So maybe it's the same issue, idk

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:02 PM

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Sounded like an airport in meetings

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What are your settings for Output and Input

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:02 PM

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Not the same issue

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The audio just cuts out, and then continues, and cuts out, and continues

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Easy Effects was installed after, it didn't affect anything

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:03 PM

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Does it work with another device?

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:04 PM

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HDMI audio has no crackling

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It's only USB audio

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:05 PM

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So is the device the problem or some software stuff

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:05 PM

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Why is discord being so ass rn

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:06 PM

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prime drum So is the device the problem or some software stuff

No idea, if I knew if could probably fix it

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:06 PM

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maybe there are extra drives

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my messages take like 20 seconds to send

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maybe there are extra drives

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:07 PM

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Drives?

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Wym drives?

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You mean drivers?

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:08 PM

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yea

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autocomplete is some weird s*ut

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s*it

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bru

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:09 PM

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How would I check that?

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This is agony, I can't use discord like this

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:10 PM

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Idk I didnt have this problem

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There is probably something on the Archwiki

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:11 PM

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I've already looked

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:14 PM

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bru

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:23 PM

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prime drum bru

Any new ideas?

prime drum Jun 4, 2023, 1:50 PM

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astral creek Any new ideas?

not really sorry

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😦

astral creek Jun 4, 2023, 1:52 PM

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Welp

astral creek Jun 21, 2023, 5:50 PM

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So um

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I figured out that having my monitor plugged in, causes the audio issues

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I was away for a week, and zero audio issues
I come home, plug in monitor, and issues

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I wonder if it's a GPU issue

shy pumice Jun 21, 2023, 11:42 PM

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astral creek I wonder if it's a GPU issue

Just out of curiosity. Try to disable HDMI/dp audio in pavucontrol.

astral creek Jun 21, 2023, 11:43 PM

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It is disabled

shy pumice Jun 21, 2023, 11:43 PM

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Hmm. Is there any other way to nuke it on lower level...

astral creek Jun 21, 2023, 11:44 PM

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Probably, but I can't think of any

shy pumice Jun 21, 2023, 11:47 PM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/WirePlumber

WirePlumber

astral creek Jun 21, 2023, 11:51 PM

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Will have to check tomorrow

astral creek Jun 29, 2023, 8:39 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/515621269152989188/1124068785687625748/20230629_220445.mp4

▶ Play video

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:33 PM

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crackling sound on startup?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:33 PM

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No, that is a separate, but also a very annoying fucking issue

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The sound is a constant problem, not only at startup

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:33 PM

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mm okay

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so what is it?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:34 PM

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I just don't understand why this shit happens

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It's driving me to the brink of crying because it's just every fucking day

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:34 PM

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shy pumice so what is it?

Yeah I'm compressing the video

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:34 PM

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okay cool

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:36 PM

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These have been problems for months and months and no one seems to

Be able to help
Be bothered to help

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I've been talking about these issues for months, and no one bothers to help, I am SO goddamn tired

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:36 PM

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poor you

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:37 PM

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Like, I've had to be on hiatus since November from making videos and streaming because of this shit

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It is impossible

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:38 PM

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distrohop

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:39 PM

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I will nuke your bones

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:39 PM

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mhm

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:40 PM

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I think the audio issue is related to the CPU scheduler

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Because it mostly happens when in game

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But my x server not starting? No idea
Maybe because of my 2nd monitor? It only happens when it's plugged in
But either way, this shit should not happen, and I will fucking complain about it until it is fixed

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And yes, I am still compressing this dumbass video

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:42 PM

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i see

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:43 PM

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Finally

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@shy pumiceTook it long enough damn

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:45 PM

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that must be a big video

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:45 PM

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Yes it was 400 mb

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No, wayland does not help, I have tried, and it is much worse overall
Yes, I have tried using "startx", no it does not work, for whatever reason, it's not a recognized command

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:49 PM

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xinit?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:49 PM

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?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:49 PM

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did you try xinit

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:49 PM

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You're gonna have to say more than 1 word

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I don't remember, maybe?

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Like, just typing "xinit"?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:50 PM

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yeah

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:50 PM

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No idea

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Nope, command not found

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:50 PM

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wtf

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what is your $PATH

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:51 PM

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Uh

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You're gonna have to be more clear

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:51 PM

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send the output of echo $PATH

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:51 PM

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languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:52 PM

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do pacman -S xorg-xinit

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then do startx

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:53 PM

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Squint

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How did xorg-xinit package uninstall itself

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When did it do that

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What the fuck

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Ok so for whatever reason xorg-xinit package was not installed

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That fixes it somewhat

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I'll at least have a work around now

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But I will still have the main issue of my x server not starting on most startups

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:55 PM

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and the kbd thingy

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have you tried the nobara kernel?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:55 PM

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Also, every time I do a system update of any kind, my GPU fucking uninstalls itself, so I have to reinstall it

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:55 PM

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shy pumice and the kbd thingy

Kbd?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:55 PM

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keyboard

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:55 PM

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What keyboard issue?

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That isn't a keyboard issue

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:56 PM

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i remember that your keyboard isnt registering at startup

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:56 PM

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No, that was not the issue

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The keyboard is fine

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:56 PM

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hm okay then

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anyways

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:56 PM

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The x server didn't start

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That is the issue

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Because I can access TTY perfectly fine

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:57 PM

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have you tried another display manager?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:57 PM

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astral creek Ok so for whatever reason xorg-xinit package was not installed

are you in the tty?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:57 PM

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shy pumice have you tried another display manager?

Yes, and they all work much much worse

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And nearly bricked my shit too

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So, I am not doing that ever again

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:58 PM

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languid path are you in the tty?

Right now? No

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:58 PM

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well that’s why it doesn’t work

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:58 PM

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That...

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No

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Startx works now

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If I go into tty while I can't login

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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astral creek Yes, and they all work much much worse

so sddm is your only option now

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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test if the issue persists

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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Yes

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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languid path test if the issue persists

I don't need to, but ok

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I know it will persist

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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does sddm-git fix anything?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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Don't believe I've tried that one

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 12:59 PM

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try it

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we'll see what happen

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:00 PM

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Uh huh

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:00 PM

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oh its in the aur

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:00 PM

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Aight

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Installing

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:01 PM

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mhm

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 1:01 PM

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all *-git are in the aur btw

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:01 PM

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I will definitely remember that

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Chances are I won't encounter the bug again until tomorrow, as usual

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:04 PM

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hope for the best

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:04 PM

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Alright, installed

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Any commands to do?

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Nothing to enable?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:05 PM

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it replaces your regular sddm from the repo so nothing to do I think

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the -git variant is basically just sddm but bleeding edge from the git repo

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:07 PM

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No idea if it worked

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I probably won't find out until tomorrow

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But I guess we can put that on the back burner for now

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Now, audio

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I suspect this is related to my GPU, but I can't be certain
Because it only happens when my 2nd display is plugged in, and since it's HDMI, it goes directly into the dGPU

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So any help with that would be nice
Because I'd really like to get back into making content

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@shy pumiceFriendo

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:26 PM

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so audio doesn't work when you plug in your monitor?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:26 PM

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you're the only one who has helped me in like 5 months

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:26 PM

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shy pumice so audio doesn't work when you plug in your monitor?

Yeah, crackling when ever something intensive is open

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It seems like the CPU is confused by how much power to give my DAC?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:27 PM

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astral creek Yeah, crackling when ever something intensive is open

interesting

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i certainly never encountered that issue

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:27 PM

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It is

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And no, I cannot try another port

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My headphone jack is broken

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Besides, the headphones are too hungry for the headphone jack

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:28 PM

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too hungry?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:28 PM

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600 ohm headphones

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They need more power than the headphone jack can provide, so I use USB C audio

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:29 PM

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mm I see

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wait

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i think I found smth

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:31 PM

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Yay

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:31 PM

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lemme type in the thing

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/7hsmw8/fixi_believe_for_anyone_with_audio_crackling_on/

r/nvidia - Fix(I believe) for anyone with audio crackling on the la...

25 votes and 12 comments so far on Reddit

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basically the tldr is to just disable fast startup in windows

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idk if it'll work?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:34 PM

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That is for windows

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:34 PM

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and yeah, you dont have windows

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:35 PM

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How would that help me lol

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:35 PM

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i have no idea

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lemme dig deeper

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:35 PM

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It feels like sddm-git is causing some frame timing issues?

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Hard to tell

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:36 PM

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laggy?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:36 PM

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Stuttery

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:36 PM

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I see

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:36 PM

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Hm

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Lemme test

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:36 PM

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shy pumice lemme dig deeper

I see smth about pulseaudio

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:37 PM

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Am use pipewire-pulse

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:37 PM

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the tsched=0 thingy

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:37 PM

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astral creek Am use pipewire-pulse

try it regardless

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:37 PM

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The what thing

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:37 PM

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wait

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https://askubuntu.com/questions/405071/static-and-crackling-in-my-hdmi-audio

Ask Ubuntu

Static and crackling in my HDMI audio?

So, I managed to dual boot Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 13.04. In Ubuntu 13.04, I installed the drivers for my graphics card(AMD HD Radeon 7700 Series, I'm pretty sure it's a 7790 one and Intel HD Graphics

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wait this is amd

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but it does crackle

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:38 PM

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Hm, well, does not seem like there was a performance hit, seems like it's better actually

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:38 PM

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oh thats good

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:39 PM

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Up by around 150

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:39 PM

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shy pumice https://askubuntu.com/questions/405071/static-and-crackling-in-my-hdmi-audio

I'm not using HDMI audio

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I am using USB audio

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:40 PM

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oh yea I forgor

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you're using a dac

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:40 PM

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Yes

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:42 PM

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uhh

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I saw this thing that says smth like "change your sample rate to 48000"

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:43 PM

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Hm

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Ok, how would I do that

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:43 PM

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wait let me cook

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hmmmmm

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:43 PM

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Okie

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:45 PM

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/unutlu/how_to_change_sample_rate_in_pipewire/

r/linuxaudio - how to change sample rate in pipewire

12 votes and 14 comments so far on Reddit

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:46 PM

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I don't have a pipewire.conf file

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Ok I have one in usr/share

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:47 PM

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its in /usr/share

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uh huh

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copy it to /etc first

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and then edit

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:48 PM

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First?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:48 PM

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ye

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:48 PM

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Can't

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No perms

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:48 PM

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if you don't do that it'll get overwritten on the next update

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:48 PM

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astral creek No perms

sudo lol

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:49 PM

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How do I copy a file in terminal?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:49 PM

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its easy

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:49 PM

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That does not help

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:49 PM

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yeah im writing it lol

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sudo cp -r /usr/share/pipewire /etc

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:50 PM

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I see

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...

hearty wrenBOT Jul 2, 2023, 1:50 PM

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Too few arguments for command note!
Usage: .note <name>

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:51 PM

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I guess I have to uncomment it?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:51 PM

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wait it looks like its already the default?

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huh

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:51 PM

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📎 pipewire.conf

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:51 PM

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astral creek I guess I have to uncomment it?

yeah you probably should

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:51 PM

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Anything else to do in this file?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:52 PM

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lemme see

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looks like you're good for now

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:55 PM

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So, just uncomment this?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:55 PM

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yeps

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 1:55 PM

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Ok

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 1:57 PM

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wait I found smth again

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:00 PM

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Hm?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:00 PM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Noticeable_audio_delay_or_audible_pop/crack_when_starting_playback

PipeWire

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idk if this relates to you

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but doesn't hurt to try

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:01 PM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Audio_cutting_out_when_multiple_streams_start_playing

PipeWire

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This one seems more relevant

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:01 PM

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I see

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:02 PM

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Yeah I can't understand this

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Idk what half of this means

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:03 PM

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Let me simplify it for you

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basically you just

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create that file and add that thing in the box

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:05 PM

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Uhhhhhhhhhh

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How?

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Well, let's do 5.1.13 first

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Then if that don't work, the next one

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:06 PM

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good idea

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:07 PM

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How do I create a file again?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:07 PM

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you could use touch

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or

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open a text editor, type in the thing and save it

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:08 PM

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Wait am I using pipewire media session or wireplumber

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How do i check

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:08 PM

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shy pumice open a text editor, type in the thing and save it

I tried that and it did not work

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I need to create the file first then edit it

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Ok well I don't have a wire plumber folder in etc

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:09 PM

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astral creek How do i check

it'll show this if you have wireplumber

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:09 PM

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astral creek Ok well I don't have a wire plumber folder in etc

yeah its in /usr/share too

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:10 PM

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Ugggggggggghhhhhh

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I don't understand this shit

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:10 PM

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dw I'll help

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:10 PM

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Discord, send my fucking screenshots

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File is not here

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:11 PM

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hmmmm

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:12 PM

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"Just edit this file"
What goddamn file

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The file isn't there

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Fuck

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Wait, I have wireplumber??

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:13 PM

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I don't think we should create the file either

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:13 PM

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But where the fuck is the folder then

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:13 PM

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which one are we doing again?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:13 PM

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I DON'T KNOW

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I don't fucking understand any of this shit anymore

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:14 PM

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the one you're doing rn, which number is it?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Arch wiki is so incredibly fucking unclear

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:14 PM

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like in the wiki

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:14 PM

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shy pumice the one you're doing rn, which number is it?

13

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:14 PM

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ok wait lemme see

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:15 PM

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I don't have a wireplumber folder in either location

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I'm genuinely getting pissed off at this shit

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Who writes this fucking wiki

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:16 PM

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astral creek 13

this?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:16 PM

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No

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5.1.13

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:16 PM

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oh lmao

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:16 PM

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I don't have any of these goddamn files

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Why do I have a media-session folder if I don't have it installed?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:17 PM

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astral creek 5.1.13

uhh, I don't see any 5.1.13

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:17 PM

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If wireplumber is installed, where the fuck is the goddamn folder?

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Noticeable_audio_delay_or_audible_pop/crack_when_starting_playback

PipeWire

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:18 PM

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oh that

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right right

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:19 PM

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astral creek Why do I have a media-session folder if I don't have it installed?

ohhhh

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:19 PM

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The arch wiki is so goddamn difficult to read and understand

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:19 PM

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you're following the pipewire-media-session one

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:19 PM

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Well I was, until I found out I have wireplumber

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But I don't have a goddamn wireplumber folder

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So how am I supposed to do anything to edit wireplumber

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:20 PM

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astral creek But I don't have a goddamn wireplumber folder

do the cp thing but replace it with wireplumber

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:21 PM

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Replace what with wireplumber?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:21 PM

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the word pipewire

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:22 PM

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/etc/wireplumber/main.lua.d/51-disable-suspension.lua
Is empty

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:22 PM

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it is

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you should copy and paste it there

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and then save

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:22 PM

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sigh

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Alright

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Saved

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:23 PM

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nice

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now uhh restart pipewire and wireplumber

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and hope it'll work

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also probably pipewire-pulse too

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:24 PM

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This fuckiung wiki IS SO UNCLEAR

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God I hate it

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I'm just gonna reboot

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Can't fucking find shit on this wiki

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:24 PM

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lmao

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I was like that at first

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not that stressed though

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:25 PM

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IM GOING TO SCREAM

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:26 PM

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thats the -git right?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:26 PM

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OH GREAT

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STARTX DOESN'T WORK

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:26 PM

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wdym

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:26 PM

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astral creek STARTX DOESN'T WORK

oh god

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:26 PM

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what is the error

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:26 PM

#

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:27 PM

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install xterm

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:27 PM

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no

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change it so that it launches plasma

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:27 PM

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yeah

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:27 PM

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Great

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How

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:27 PM

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read the wiki

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:27 PM

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Oh gee

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Very helpful

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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astral creek How

edit the file in nano

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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That was sarcasm buddy

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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delete everything that doesn't relate to plasma

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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Which file

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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xterm twm etc

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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astral creek Which file

~/.xinitrc

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:28 PM

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There's so many different files here idk which to edit

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So
Nano that?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:29 PM

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yep

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:29 PM

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astral creek That was sarcasm buddy

I know, I still reacted 👍 because I genuinely believe that reading the wiki is the best advice I can give you, an advice that works regardless of the situation

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:29 PM

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oh yea

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:29 PM

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It's fucking emPTY

#

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:29 PM

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the xinitrc in /etc is not the one you want btw

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:30 PM

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astral creek It's fucking emPTY

it is

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:30 PM

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Then what am I supposed to edit

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:30 PM

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wait let me look up what command to start up plasma

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:30 PM

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astral creek It's fucking emPTY

it’s emptty
(sorry)

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:30 PM

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languid path I know, I still reacted 👍 because I genuinely believe that reading the wiki is ...

Also
What part of "the wiki doesn't make any sense to me" was confusing

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I can't make sense of half the shit on the wiki

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:31 PM

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ok I found it

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wait let me type

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DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
exec startplasma-x11

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:32 PM

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astral creek I can't make sense of half the shit on the wiki

don't take this as an insult please but have you considered using another distribution?

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:32 PM

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put that in your .xinitrc

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and then you're done, just startx

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:32 PM

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languid path don't take this as an insult please but have you considered using another distri...

I will take this as an insult

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:32 PM

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languid path don't take this as an insult please but have you considered using another distri...

she did

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and it works worse

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:33 PM

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Ok, it worked

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Well, at least I have a work around for THAT

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:33 PM

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nice

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btw the xinitrc in your homedir has higher priority over the one in /etc

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:34 PM

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?????

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:34 PM

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oh yea

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sddm automatic wallet unlocking thingy

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yeah...

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:34 PM

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Whatever

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Audio

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Let's see if it's unfucked itself

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:35 PM

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mhm

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:37 PM

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Seems ok

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:38 PM

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is the crackling gone?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:39 PM

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Yes, but what the heck is going on here lol

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:40 PM

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are you playing a video?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:40 PM

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Recording test

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:41 PM

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is it that high before?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:42 PM

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It says 150% lmao

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I know why this happens, just showing it for the giggles

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:43 PM

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you are recording so

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yeah

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:45 PM

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I can't believe it took until now to fix two very simple issues

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:46 PM

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probably because none came here to help you

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but thats okay its fixed now

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:47 PM

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sigh

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Finally

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:51 PM

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rest easy

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:51 PM

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And now OBS is just working funky

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:52 PM

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sigh

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:53 PM

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Not a big thing

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 2:53 PM

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thats good I guess

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:55 PM

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so the problems are fixed?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:55 PM

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Smells like it

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:55 PM

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nice

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you can close if you want or keep it open in case it isn’t

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 2:56 PM

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I'm gonna keep it open in case something else happens or it comes back

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I mean, I still have the startup issue
But I have a workaround by going into TTY, logging in, and startx manually

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Which seems to be working fine

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 2:59 PM

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probably another thing that uninstalled itself

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:06 PM

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No idea

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But, it ain't broke, so I won't fix it

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Wait where did Positive go?

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NO THE AUDIO ISSUE IS STILL HERE AA

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:16 PM

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is pipewire up and running?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:16 PM

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I'd expect so

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How do I check?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:18 PM

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with systemd probably
sudo systemctl status pipewire

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:18 PM

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Oh my god

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Can I have 1 day

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:18 PM

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is pipewire installed?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:19 PM

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astral creek Can I have 1 day

?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:19 PM

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It must be

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:19 PM

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languid path ?

1 day without dumbass issues

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Yes, it is installed

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:19 PM

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what happens if you run pipewire directly

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:20 PM

#

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:20 PM

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ok

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that means that another audio server is running

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could be pipewire

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also I assume you have digged dmesg and journalctl for errors?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:21 PM

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I have not

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Idk what that is

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:21 PM

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no one told you to do that???

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wtf

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well run dmesg and journalctl -xe and look for errors

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:22 PM

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Um

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:23 PM

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if the output is too long you can just pipe it to less

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:23 PM

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How?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:24 PM

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append | less

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:24 PM

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Yeah idk what I'm supposed to look for

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Can I print it out?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:25 PM

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errors that talks about audio/pipewire

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:25 PM

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Can I print it to a txt file?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:25 PM

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yeah

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sure

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send it

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:25 PM

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I don't quite remember how

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:25 PM

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well idk if there isn’t private things in there like your ssid

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:25 PM

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thing.txt?

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Append that?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:26 PM

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appends
> overwrites

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so wathever you want

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:26 PM

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Which makes a text file output

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:26 PM

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both

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:27 PM

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Man, it is 1559 lines long

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📎 thing.txt

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How am I gonna find anything in here

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I don't even know what I'm looking FOR

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:27 PM

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you’re looking for audio/pipewire messages

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:28 PM

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Audio and pipewire turn up no results

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:28 PM

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no you need to manually read everything

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:28 PM

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.................

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I am not reading 1560 lines of text

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There must be an easier way to do this

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Also, if I don't even know what I'm looking for, how am I gonna know to find it?

#

How does searching for the string of "audio" not help?

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Nothing

#

How would I possibly know

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:30 PM

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there is just the same error repeated again and again

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not helpfull

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which command was it?

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dmesg?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:31 PM

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Yes

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sudo dmesg | less > thing.txt

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:31 PM

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post the same thing without the pipe to less

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:32 PM

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📎 thing.txt

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Wait no dum

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Wait yes

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That is the right file

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Wait why isn't it different

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OH

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I'm dumb

#

📎 thing.txt

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Audio and pipewire still return nothing

#

Jack, Meizu, DAC

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All return nothing

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:34 PM

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you can make a quick rexeg to delete every line that has alx or pcieport in it, that way you remove all that noise

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:34 PM

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Awesome

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How do I delete all lines with a string in Kate?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:36 PM

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no idea

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but I checked on my side, even if there is more data, its still useless, the same info again and again, let’s try the other command

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:37 PM

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Great

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:37 PM

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not really

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:38 PM

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It was sarcasm

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:38 PM

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my bad

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:47 PM

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So uh

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Any ideas?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:48 PM

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what did journalctl -xe output?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:48 PM

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A lot

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:49 PM

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well search for helpfull errors there

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:49 PM

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I seem to be unable to print it out

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There we go

📎 thing.txt

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:50 PM

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read the manual page for journalctl, there is probably an option to make it output to stdout, systemd is just stupid and doesn’t do that by default and idk how do make it so

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:50 PM

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"Audio" comes up 9 times

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Line 303, 323, 362, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 398, 631, 645, 664, 665, 666

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:54 PM

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here you can just search for ERROR

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:54 PM

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13

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No relevant

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Maybe relevant

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:55 PM

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no it’s ffmpeg

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Jul 02 17:10:28 MSI plasmashell[1486]: [1486:0702/171028.378819:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(575)] Could not find SharedImageBackingFactory with params: usage: Gles2|Raster|DisplayRead|Scanout, format: RED_8, share_between_threads: 0, gmb_type: shared_memory

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this is interesting

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:55 PM

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Oh?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:58 PM

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did you use obs around that time?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:58 PM

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I did

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To test stuff

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 3:58 PM

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well that’s obs i think

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 3:58 PM

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Cuz it was the biggest culprit of audio issues

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:01 PM

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try to search for relevant stuff in /var/log/
in stuff like boot.log or xorg.log

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:01 PM

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Can't view boot.log

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I have these tho

📎 Xorg.0.log 📎 Xorg.1.log

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:04 PM

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astral creek Can't view boot.log

what’s wrong with using sudo?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:04 PM

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I didn't try to

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I was also using dolphin and kate

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Like, sure, I can view it
But idk what I'm looking for

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:05 PM

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read everything and search for audio related error messages

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:06 PM

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Is there not a better way than reading hundreds of lines of shit

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It's 592 kb

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I am NOT reading all that

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Nor would I be able to

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:09 PM

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astral creek Is there not a better way than reading hundreds of lines of shit

idk, you can make a copy and remove things with regexes

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:10 PM

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mrrrr

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How?

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Also idk what regex is

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:10 PM

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wouldn’t it be better if you were able to learn linux and the command line in a less stressfull and frustrating manner?

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:11 PM

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Yes, but that ain't happening

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:11 PM

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well it would be if you used something like linux mint or fedora

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:11 PM

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no

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I tried

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Nope

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:12 PM

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you tried both?

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what about ubuntu

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:12 PM

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Ain't gonna touch that with a stick

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:14 PM

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let’s see, what about pop os

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:15 PM

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Touched, nope

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 4:16 PM

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I don’t see how arch is better in your case, it’s just breaking from everywhere

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Everything runs better

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Despite the problems, I prefer it to everything else

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 6:57 PM

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astral creek Um

Woah lol, that's borked aer (at least logs). Try pci=nomsi,noaer in grub.

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 6:57 PM

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it says corrected though

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 6:57 PM

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But most certainly it has nothing to.do with a sound issue

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 6:57 PM

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languid path it says corrected though

The problem that it's spams logs and lags the PC over the long usage

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I have same one on my half dead laptop as a server

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Getting this error constantly spamming syslog is not a good thing

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 6:58 PM

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Uh, ok remind me in like...a bit

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Cuz I'm eating

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 6:59 PM

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shy pumice Woah lol, that's borked aer (at least logs). Try pci=nomsi,noaer in grub.

Idk what this means

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 7:03 PM

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It's hardware stuff. Something on aer or msi is throwing wrong value consistently. It's not a big problem as it just throwing wrong value in a wall. The problem that syslog by default doesn't expect you to have aer or msi spamming shit in the file without spam limits. That's why over the time syslog file was taking up 200gb of space on my machine. The easiest way to get rid of it is to disable aer and msi through grub boot options. On some machines it possibly can be troubleshot, but mine lead me to a dead end. And pci=nomsi,noaer is the only option for me.

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And basing that you have at least one faulty hardware spamming. I would advise to setup limits and logrotate for syslog just in case it decides to start nuking storage.

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Could you also send detailed specs of your laptop please with low level stuff like up to models of your wifi. It would help me to pinpoint wtf is wrong if we have some common hardware that causes it. Because all my investigation led me in dead end with my system.

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Nevermind the specs part. You can pinpoint it right away on your machine. My case was slightly different.

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 7:23 PM

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shy pumice Could you also send detailed specs of your laptop please with low level stuff li...

Is there an easy way I can print this out?

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 7:24 PM

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inxi

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 7:25 PM

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Great
How do I do that

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 7:26 PM

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install inxi and post output of
inxi -Faz --zv

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 8:09 PM

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CPU: 6-core Intel Core i7-9750H (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 800/800/4500 MHz
Kernel: 6.1.37-1-lts x86_64 Up: 5h 44m Mem: 5202.7/15837.8 MiB (32.8%)
Storage: 2.75 TiB (29.1% used) Procs: 523 Shell: Bash 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.27

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 8:09 PM

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languid path install inxi and post output of `inxi -Faz --zv`

Not all that helpful

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Coulda gotten dat myself

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 8:10 PM

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is this really the output of inxi -Faz --zv? it really looks like the output of inxi only

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 8:15 PM

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I typed wrong

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📎 message.txt

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Oops I pasted both lol

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 9:45 PM

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@languid path

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 9:45 PM

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it was for No.

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 9:46 PM

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Huh?

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Wym no

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 9:46 PM

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#1103658255479218236 message

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 9:46 PM

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Wat

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What are you trying to say

languid path Jul 2, 2023, 9:47 PM

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the person "No."

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confusing username smh

astral creek Jul 2, 2023, 9:48 PM

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Oh

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@shy pumice

shy pumice Jul 2, 2023, 10:18 PM

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Yeah thanks. I will cross-check it later.

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Will probably be a busy week for me

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 12:01 AM

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Well, the issue is still mostly gone, but only mostly

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:36 PM

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Never fucking mind

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It's not gone at all

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I'm losing my goddamn marbles

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:46 PM

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Roll back recent updates?

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or Update graphics drivers.

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:48 PM

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It's been happening since November

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It's not that

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:48 PM

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have u tried reinstalling linux?

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im not even for sure what the problem is, its such a long threas

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:49 PM

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Yes, it's persistent through installs

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:49 PM

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and the cracking sound is the problem?

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over external or internal only or both?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:50 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/515621269152989188/1124068785687625748/20230629_220445.mp4

▶ Play video

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THAT is the issue

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That is supposed to be a constant tone

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But periodically, often when lload is high, it does that

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Idk why, I've done everything I can think of to fix it

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And if one more mfer suggests it's a physical connection issue, I am going to eat their bone marrow

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:51 PM

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do all speakers do that? headphones, laptop, external?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:51 PM

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I can't test that

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My headphone jack itself is broken

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It's likely a power draw issue to the DAC, that is the only thing I can think of

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:52 PM

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ok. so that's the internal speakers doing that?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:52 PM

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What

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No

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An external DAC

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I never use the speakers

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:52 PM

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shy pumice ok. so that's the internal speakers doing that?

That video is from my headphones

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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how is the DAC hooked to your laptop?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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USB C

grave furnace Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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can someone tldr pls?

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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ok

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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It's right there

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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grave furnace can someone tldr pls?

You scroll up two lines

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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question: does the crackling happen if you use the laptop speakers?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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The video is right there

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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shy pumice question: does the crackling happen if you use the laptop speakers?

No idea, I never use them

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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please check

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:53 PM

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Unlikely tho

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Man idk how long it's gonna take

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:54 PM

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it may help you narrow down your problem

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:54 PM

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It could take hours or days before it happens

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:54 PM

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the cutout?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:54 PM

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What

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The crackling

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Where did you get cutout from

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:54 PM

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first of all, why are you sitting around listening to that god-awful tone for hours or days, waiting to see if theres a crackling in it? 🤔

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:55 PM

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What

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I'm not

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That's just the best way to get it on camera

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:55 PM

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i meant the crackling

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the crackling only happens from hours to days then

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:55 PM

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Unless you want to hear me listen to Genshin in the background with intermitent crackling

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wat

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I feel like you're not reading what I am typing

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Playing that tone is the best way I can get it on camera
When the bug happens, I pull out my phone, crank up the volume, and play that tone

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So I can prove I'm not insane

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:56 PM

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i understand

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ill ask again

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you keep accusing me of not listening, while skipping over my questions

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does the crackling only happen on an hours-to-days occurance, or is it more constant?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:57 PM

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It's completely random

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:57 PM

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ok

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:57 PM

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Completely and entirely random

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But higher loads increase the likelyhood of it happening

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:57 PM

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well i do think, that trying to reproduce it with a different DAC, or different USB-C speakers would be a good option, if you have the means

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:58 PM

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I don't have the means

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And my actual headphone jack on this laptop is busted anyway

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So no can use that

grave furnace Jul 3, 2023, 4:58 PM

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Honestly, this thread is so long now. I've watched the video but i'm still lacking a lot of the context. Would have been easier if you just made a new thread with a summary of your problem, what you've done, your config, etc etc...

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:58 PM

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i understand not wanting to listen to music on tinny laptop speakers.

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:58 PM

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That's not the issue

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The issue is not making sound

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:58 PM

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i just thought it might be an easy way to narrow down the problem to the DAC or the Laptop, one or the other

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:59 PM

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As I said, it's likely a powerdraw issue to the DAC

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 4:59 PM

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astral creek The issue is not making sound

example: you switch to laptop speakers and play music for days. you get no more crackling. then you know the problem is in the DAC

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 4:59 PM

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With the CPU scheduler not giving the right amount of power to it

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Yeah, but when my monitor isn't plugged in, the issue is gone
And a monitor uses what, power

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 5:00 PM

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does the DAC not have its own power supply?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:01 PM

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No

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It's passive

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 5:01 PM

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ooo ya that may be

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:01 PM

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It works fine on my phone
Works fine without my extra monitor

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But if I plug in the monitor, nope

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Issues

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And now I've had no issues for this entire conversation

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 5:02 PM

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i suspect DAC

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as you said

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:02 PM

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That is not what I said

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I said it's the CPU scheduler not giving my DAC enough power

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Whatver, fine, I will play for idk how long with just the speakers

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But it's not gonna help

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 5:03 PM

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so if you got a DAC with a different power supply, would that solve that issue?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:04 PM

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Idk maybe

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But I am not dropping money on a new active dac to diagnose such an issue

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I feel stupid doing this

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Because it's not gonna wield any results

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It's going from a 600 ohm audio source to a like 10 ohm one

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Welp, nothing so far, and I feel stupid too

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It also happens on my IEMs through the DAC

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And now it's fine again

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And it's not a bloody connection issue, because shifting and wiggling my port around does fuck all

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And now the problem is baaaack

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I'm so angry

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@shy pumice

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Also
If it was a connection issue
It would happen even if I wasn't playing a game

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It would happen all the time

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But it's not
It's only when load is high

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 5:34 PM

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astral creek But it's not It's only when load is high

If I remember correctly doesn’t happen on windows?

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If it’s only happening at load maybe it’s a kernel driver issue? And when under load something makes it try to take less power than what it actually needs?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:39 PM

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Yes that's what I suspect

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And because the ground is busted on my actual port
I can't test it there

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Wait a second...opening steam instantly caused it to crackle

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Yeah, steam is causing audio issues

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The fuck

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WHY IS IT STEAM

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@void shadow@shy pumice

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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I told you it wouldn’t be at random

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How are you running steam? Flatpak, repos

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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Ok but WHO would have thought it'd be steam

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Og all things

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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void shadow How are you running steam? Flatpak, repos

Extra iirc

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Or community

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Lemme check

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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.aw steam

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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Multilib

hearty wrenBOT Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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Arch Wiki: Steam

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:53 PM

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It's multilib

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So now we know what is fucking it

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So how do I fix it

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 5:56 PM

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Not sure, can’t see anything on the troubleshooting page from a quick glance

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 5:56 PM

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whenlifegetsatyou

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 5:56 PM

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Could try the flatpak to see if the issue occurs there

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Could also try opening it in other ways

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And could troubleshoot specifically with other distros

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 6:03 PM

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That seems very difficult and dangerous

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But trying a different steam version could help

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Other than flatpak

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 6:04 PM

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astral creek That seems very difficult and dangerous

What seems difficult/dangerous?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 6:04 PM

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Any form of distro hopping

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I really...can't be arsed

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Last resort type deal

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I'd rather test out a different version of steam

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 6:08 PM

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I mean you could just make a new partition of like 15gb

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 6:10 PM

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I really can't be arsed

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I will do that as a last resort

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But even if I do that, and we conclude it's something with Arch
What then?

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 6:13 PM

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astral creek But even if I do that, and we conclude it's something with Arch What then?

Then maybe it’s worth asking on the official foruns, assuming there isn’t an issue raised on steams GitHub

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 6:14 PM

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They have a github??

void shadow Jul 3, 2023, 6:21 PM

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I assume so, csgo does

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 6:35 PM

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whenlifegetsatyou

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Trying to install "steam for linux" and it is not working

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https://github.com/search?q=org%3AValveSoftware+audio+crackling++linux&type=issues&state=open&p=2

GitHub

Build software better, together

GitHub is where people build software. More than 100 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 330 million projects.

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Idk if this is any help

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Seems like the closest thing to a potential solution

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But this is for pulse...

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I've diagnosed it a little more

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It' s one of the deps for Steam

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One of these is fucking it

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I will try steam native which requires
alsa-lib alsa-plugins atk (at-spi2-core) bash cairo curl dbus dbus-glib fontconfig freeglut freetype2 gdk-pixbuf2 glew1.10 glib2 glu gtk2 lib32-alsa-lib lib32-alsa-plugins lib32-atk (lib32-at-spi2-core) lib32-cairo lib32-curl lib32-dbus lib32-dbus-glib lib32-fontconfig lib32-freeglut lib32-freetype2 lib32-gdk-pixbuf2 lib32-glew1.10 lib32-glib2 lib32-glu lib32-gtk2 lib32-libappindicator-gtk2 lib32-libcaca lib32-libcanberra lib32-libcups lib32-libcurl-compat lib32-libcurl-gnutls lib32-libdbusmenu-glib lib32-libdbusmenu-gtk2 lib32-libdrm lib32-libgcrypt15 lib32-libice lib32-libidn11 lib32-libindicator-gtk2 lib32-libjpeg6 (lib32-libjpeg6-turbo) lib32-libnm lib32-libpng12 lib32-libpulse lib32-librtmp0 lib32-libsm lib32-libtheora lib32-libtiff4 lib32-libudev0-shim lib32-libusb lib32-libva lib32-libvdpau lib32-libvorbis lib32-libvpx1.3 lib32-libxcomposite lib32-libxcursor lib32-libxft lib32-libxi lib32-libxinerama lib32-libxmu lib32-libxrandr lib32-libxrender lib32-libxtst lib32-libxxf86vm lib32-nspr lib32-openal lib32-openssl-1.1 lib32-pango lib32-pipewire lib32-sdl (lib32-sdl12-compat) lib32-sdl2 lib32-sdl2_image lib32-sdl2_mixer lib32-sdl2_ttf lib32-sdl_image lib32-sdl_mixer lib32-sdl_ttf lib32-vulkan-driver (lib32-nvidia-utils, lib32-vulkan-intel, lib32-vulkan-radeon, lib32-amdvlk, lib32-vulkan-virtio, lib32-vulkan-swrast) lib32-vulkan-icd-loader libcaca libcanberra libcups libcurl-compat libcurl-gnutls libdrm libgcrypt15 libibus libice libidn11 libjpeg6 (libjpeg6-turbo) libnm libpng12 libpulse librsvg librtmp0 libsm libtheora libtiff4 libudev0-shim libusb libva libvdpau libvorbis libvpx1.3 libxcomposite libxcursor libxft libxi libxinerama libxmu libxrandr libxrender libxtst libxxf86vm nspr openal openssl-1.1 pango sdl (sdl12-compat) sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf sdl_image sdl_mixer sdl_ttf steam vulkan-driver (nvidia-utils, vulkan-intel, vulkan-radeon, amdvlk, vulkan-swrast, vulkan-virtio) vulkan-icd-loader

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Hm

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The steam-native package seems to not cause audio issues

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It does cause this, forces me to use the left icon, but then makes the right one anyway lol

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Wait no I fixed it

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 7:59 PM

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Mfer the bug is still happening

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Aaa

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:48 PM

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/848349994082893884/1125557558527143936/Screenshot_20230704_004323.png?width=714&height=160

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So did I format it correctly?

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:48 PM

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Did you have [pulse] already before?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:48 PM

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No

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:48 PM

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What are other text with []?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:49 PM

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📎 pipewire.conf

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shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:50 PM

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# PipeWire Configuration

## Default PipeWire configuration
[pipewire]
; uncomment the following line to disable autospawning of the PipeWire server
# autospawn = no

## Default PulseAudio compatibility layer configuration
[pulse]
; Enable PulseAudio daemon autospawning
; autospawn = yes

; PipeWire specific PulseAudio settings
; Uncomment and modify the following lines as needed
# daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
# autoloader = /usr/lib/pulse-<pulseversion>/modules/module-pipe-* <other-modules>
# use-pid-file = no
# cookie-file = /home/user/.config/pulse/cookie

## Default ALSA compatibility layer configuration
[alsa]
; Enable ALSA compatibility layer
; enable = yes

; PipeWire specific ALSA settings
; Uncomment and modify the following lines as needed
# restore_device = no
# suspend_device = no
# suspend_pcm = yes
# stop_pcm = yes
# use_mmap = yes
# use_vmalloc = no

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Pipewire supposed to look like this??!??

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Why tf is it like that

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Did I miss on an update??

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:51 PM

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squint

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This does not instill confidence

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@shy pumiceSo...uh

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:55 PM

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So what

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:56 PM

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So what am I supposed to do now

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:56 PM

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Pay up 3 cookies and I’m helping

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:56 PM

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🍪

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🍪

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🍪

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:57 PM

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“%give 3 @shy pumice”

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 10:57 PM

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%give3 @shy pumice

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%give 3 @shy pumice

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:57 PM

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Nvm it don’t work in threads

versed shaleBOT Jul 3, 2023, 10:57 PM

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astral creek %give 3 <@456226577798135808>

**** received a cookie of friendship from Foxy 狐の夏 (Ping Plz) =]

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 10:57 PM

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Oh yeah

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Ok one enough

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so wait give me a minute

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sudo pacman -S pavucontrol pavucontrol

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@astral creek

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 11:02 PM

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Ok

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Now what

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It was already installed btw

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 11:04 PM

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What’s the output?

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 11:05 PM

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It just opened the app

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 11:06 PM

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What does it say in the app

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 11:07 PM

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@shy pumice

shy pumice Jul 3, 2023, 11:11 PM

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Rearrange

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Lmk if it works

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Or@if it doesn’t

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 11:11 PM

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Huh?

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Rearrange?

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What does that mean

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Rearrange what???

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@shy pumice
Lexu

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What does that mean

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Lexuuu

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I don't know what this means!

astral creek Jul 3, 2023, 11:34 PM

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Welp

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Guess I'm going to bed

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 2:41 AM

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I’m back

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My phone died and I was on a 10 hour trip

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 2:41 AM

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astral creek Rearrange?

Just try to change the audio a few times until it works

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Probably not but let’s give it a try

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I’ll find another way

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 6:32 AM

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Yeah that didn't help

calm pendant Jul 4, 2023, 3:48 PM

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cat food mmmhhhmhmhhh

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:48 PM

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Why are you looking at shit from that long ago

calm pendant Jul 4, 2023, 3:49 PM

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astral creek Why are you looking at shit from that long ago

sent me to the top when i clicked on the forum

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:49 PM

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Is arch the only distro having problem

calm pendant Jul 4, 2023, 3:49 PM

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shy pumice Is arch the only distro having problem

no

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RHEL Is clsoed source

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:49 PM

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Where did you get no from

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Yes, this only happens in Arch

calm pendant Jul 4, 2023, 3:50 PM

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astral creek Yes, this only happens in Arch

did you try any other distro?

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:50 PM

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Constant Audio Crackling usually caused by opening Steam, but often just completely random

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:50 PM

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What-

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Only arch huh..
I know its not a good solution, but have you tried a clean reinstall?

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:50 PM

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Yes

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It's persistent through installs

calm pendant Jul 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

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astral creek It's persistent through installs

with or without same /home

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

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Without

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Totally clean install

calm pendant Jul 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

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astral creek Totally clean install

oaky

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

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Well... That might do something

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

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Does not happen on any other OS

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

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Hmm

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Well obviously you can't delete /etc

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:52 PM

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?

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:52 PM

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And I don't think .config has anything needed either

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:52 PM

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From a live media yea

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I cleared the whole SSD

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:52 PM

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Arch steam or flatpak steam?

astral creek Jul 4, 2023, 3:53 PM

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steam package is the worst offender
steam-native-runtimehas the least issues
flatpak steamis between the two in terms of being bad, plus it has trouble reading my 2nd SSD

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So, will not use flatpak for this

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:53 PM

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Hmm.

bronze edge Jul 4, 2023, 3:53 PM

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cracking and persistence thru installs is usually a hardware issue

shy pumice Jul 4, 2023, 3:53 PM

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That and cracking usually happens when the system is under heavy load

bronze edge Jul 4, 2023, 3:53 PM

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load might make it worse

#Constant Audio Crackling usually caused by opening Steam, but often just completely random