Le 12/02/2026 à 12:37, Eric S Fraga a écrit :
Response below/inline for email didier gaumet wrote:
(original email sent 12 Feb 2026 at 10:05)
No idea but if you are using a DE that implements Pipewire natively
and Pulseaudio as a compatibility layer (Gnome, perhaps KDE and
others) you could verify the sound setup in the DE and also vi the CLI
or GUI Pipewire tools
I normally use Emacs as my DE but I've logged in using a more
traditional one and it exhibits the same behaviour: the devices are
there but no sound comes out of the actual speakers in the monitors.
I know next to nothing about pipewire. Any suggested things to try?
Thank you,
eric
Context is of importance: which "traditional" DE did you use? Because
unless you have tailored your audio setup to your needs, that the DE
which implies the use of a particular audio system.
So I presume Emacs does not implies anything, audio wise (basic Alsa).
And depending on the DE, on have a high level audio layer, either
PulseAudio or Pipewire (with or without a Pulseaudio compatibility layer).
I know that Gnome uses Pipewire, I think (not sure) KDE Plasma too, I
know Xfce uses Pulseaudio. I dont't know the others.
If you want to know which high level audio layer (Pipewire or
Pulseaudio) is used:
didier@hp-notebook14:~$ ps -axl | grep -i pulse
0 1000 2325 2296 9 -11 120528 25732 do_epo S<Lsl ? 0:39
/usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
0 1000 15787 15761 20 0 6616 2420 pipe_r S+ pts/0 0:00 grep
-i pulse
didier@hp-notebook14:~$ ps -axl | grep -i pipewi
4 1000 2320 2296 9 -11 105816 16068 do_epo S<sl ? 0:37
/usr/bin/pipewire
0 1000 2322 2296 20 0 10812 5020 do_epo Ss ? 0:00
/usr/bin/pipewire -c filter-chain.conf
0 1000 2325 2296 9 -11 120528 25732 do_epo S<Lsl ? 0:39
/usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
0 1000 15790 15761 20 0 6616 2484 pipe_r S+ pts/0 0:00 grep
-i pipewi
As you can see, I use Gnome so Pipewire is used with a Pulseaudio
compatibility layer.
