Sound issue in Rock/Lx 4.3

toerag · February 20, 2022, 3:16pm

After reading all the solutions, can still not get sound. inixi -A says snd_hda_intel is there, sound driver ALSA as cannot get pipewire-pulse or pulseaudio-server to download from repos. inixi -A output is:
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX] driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.7-desktop-1omv4003 running: yes
No audio device showing in settings, Speaker Audio volume on taskbar is crossed out.
[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf repolist
repo id repo name
google-chrome google-chrome
google-earth-pro google-earth-pro
rock-updates-x86_64-source OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Updates - Source
rock-x86_64-source OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Source

Any help would be apreciated.

ben79 · February 20, 2022, 5:50pm

Moderator moved post to appropriate forum.

ben79 · February 20, 2022, 6:44pm

Well you have do more than read about the solutions. To help us to help you please:

Tell us what you have done so far.
Post what pipewire and pulseaudio packages you have installed.

Use rpm -qa | grep package_name.
Please post code as code.

Note for all Rock/Lx 4.3 users: To switch from pipewire sound server to pulseaudio sound server see "“Pipewire sound server” in OM Lx 4.3 Errata.

toerag · February 22, 2022, 6:28pm

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# rpm -qa | grep pipewire
lib64pipewire0.3_0-0.3.45-2.x86_64

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio
pulseaudio-client-config-15.0-4.x86_64
lib64pulseaudio0-15.0-4.x86_64
lib64alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.2.6-2.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-15.0-4.x86_64
pulseaudio-15.0-4.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gsettings-15.0-4.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-15.0-4.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-15.0-4.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-15.0-4.x86_64

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf install pipewire-pulse
Last metadata expiration check: 3:17:42 ago on Tue 22 Feb 2022 14:28:26 GMT.
No match for argument: pipewire-pulse
Error: Unable to find a match: pipewire-pulse

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf install pulseaudio-server
Last metadata expiration check: 3:18:39 ago on Tue 22 Feb 2022 14:28:26 GMT.
No match for argument: pulseaudio-server
Error: Unable to find a match: pulseaudio-server

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf repolist
repo id repo name
google-chrome google-chrome
google-earth-pro google-earth-pro
rock-updates-x86_64-source OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Updates - Source
rock-x86_64-source OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Source

google-chrome 9.1 kB/s | 1.3 kB 00:00
google-earth-pro 19 kB/s | 1.3 kB 00:00
OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Source 10 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00
OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Updates - Source 10 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00
Package om-mirror-selector-0.1.2-1.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# om-mirror-selector.sh -m
Please select the mirror you want to use by typing the number next to it:
1 http://abf-downloads.openmandriva.org/
2 Index of /openmandriva/

1

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf distro-sync
OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Source 10 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00
OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Updates - Source 10 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf clean all
20 files removed
[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf distro-sync
google-chrome 7.0 kB/s | 3.6 kB 00:00
google-earth-pro 21 kB/s | 5.3 kB 00:00
OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Source 1.2 MB/s | 2.7 MB 00:02
OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Updates - Source 17 kB/s | 15 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf install pipewire-pulse
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:08 ago on Tue 22 Feb 2022 18:00:35 GMT.
No match for argument: pipewire-pulse
Error: Unable to find a match: pipewire-pulse

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# dnf install pulseaudio-server
Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:13 ago on Tue 22 Feb 2022 18:00:35 GMT.
No match for argument: pulseaudio-server
Error: Unable to find a match: pulseaudio-server

so pipewire and pulseaudio is not listed in repos…I added the google repo’s later on so could access email and map views.

I hope this clarifies somewhat my confusion to get the sound up and running

[root@terry-ms7919 terry]# inxi -A
Audio: Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX] driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.7-desktop-1omv4003 running:

Thanks for your reply…

toerag · February 22, 2022, 6:49pm

As additional info, I tried to install 4.3 from disk instead of going the upgrade route…the live startup failed with a frozen screen before GUI was initialised to final screen , where the screen icons appears…

ben79 · February 22, 2022, 7:16pm

No other users are reporting “Can not find” these packages.

You may be over complicating things.

The packages exist for any users using the repos that were installed form the OM Lx 4.3 ISO.

You have source repo (SRPMS) instead of main/release repo enabled. You won’t find packages like pipewire-pulse or pulseaudio-server in SRPMS repo because they are not source packages. They are a part of source packages. Source packages are for people building packages not people installing packages, there is a big difference.

These are the repos installed automatically by the OM Lx 4.3 ISO (They are not intended to be disabled):

$ dnf repolist                       
repo id                                                                                          repo name
rock-updates-x86_64                                                                              OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64 - Updates
rock-x86_64                                                                                      OpenMandriva Rock - x86_64

In the SRPMS main repo: Index of /rock/repository/SRPMS/main/release/

You find only pipewire for pipewire and pulseaudio for pulseaudio. These:

pipewire-0.3.44-1.src.rpm
pipewire-0.3.45-2.src.rpm

pulseaudio-15.0-4.src.rpm

Note: When you .src.rpm instead of just .rpm there is an important difference.

Where if you look in the default Rock main repo: Index of /rock/repository/x86_64/main/release/

You will see all the individual pipewire and pulseaudio package listed.

User information: Using om-mirror-selector.sh -m is deprecated we use Mirrorbits now. Mirrorbits automatically uses metadata from abf-downloads.openmandriva.org and automatically will download the latest package from your mirror OR if you mirror does not have that then Mirrorbits defaults to downloading directly from abf-downloads.openmandriva.org. Thus ensuring that when user updates system they are always getting the latest packages.

ben79 · February 22, 2022, 7:24pm

Separate issue.

Please open a new thread in English/Support with a descriptive title and enough information so someone will be able to help. Information like trying to install from what media? DVD? USB flash drive? How did you download the iso file? How did you copy the iso file to the installation media? Did you check checksums?

Edit: Also while I am functioning as moderator please post code as code.

ben79 · February 22, 2022, 7:43pm

@toerag this should correct your issue. Open Konsole and run this first:

$ sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled rock-x86_64-source

Then open “Software Repository Selector” and select Main so it looks like this.

Note: “Software Repository Selector” has additional repositories with additional software. Read the explanation for each. Non-free includes software the is illegal in some countries, user is responsible if you choose to select Non-free. Note also repos for some 3rd party software like Google Chrome. User is responsible for 3rd party software selections.

toerag · February 24, 2022, 5:12pm

Ok Ben…Have sound using pipewire on OMV 4.3.

I backed up my /home and cleared down the drive, did a complete reinstall using 4.2 disk, and updated from repos then restored the /home partition.

I think I still have a hardware prob unrelating to sound, but am able to sort that out without too much problem.
The main problem of no sound using pipewire-pulse has been resolved. Many thanks for your input.

Terry.

toerag · February 24, 2022, 5:14pm

I have archived your emails for future use…thanks again Ben.

Ok Ben…Have sound using pipewire on OMV 4.3.

I backed up my /home and cleared down the drive, did a complete reinstall using 4.2 disk, and updated from repos then restored the /home partition.

I think I still have a hardware prob unrelating to sound, but am able to sort that out without too much problem.
The main problem of no sound using pipewire-pulse has been resolved. Many thanks for your input.

Terry.