Connection to the Sound Service Lost

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Update either tonight or last night broke my audio.
So I suspect it is pipewire, but reinstalling it did not solve this. Some sub package (idk what the right term for it is) was masked was the only anomalous thing when I installed it again. I need someone to help me fix this, I tried restarting the service.
Oddly enough, I can still listen to music on straberry and firefox, but some games audio won’t work nor discord.
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This image is in the plasma settings and the small mini audio setting tray icon.

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jerm@jermPC ~> wpctl status
PipeWire ‘pipewire-0’ [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, cookie:1489660698]
└─ Clients:
32. xdg-desktop-portal [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, pid:2068]
33. WirePlumber [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, pid:2486]
41. WirePlumber [export] [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, pid:2486]
42. plasmashell [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, pid:2258]
95. PipeWire ALSA [strawberry] [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, pid:23914]
101. wpctl [1.2.5, jerm@jermPC, pid:27294]

Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 43. Vocaster One USB [alsa]
│ 44. Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio [alsa]
│ 45. I’m Fulla Schiit [alsa]
│ 46. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller [alsa]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ 51. Vocaster One USB Analog Surround 4.0 [vol: 1.00]
│ 52. Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI) [vol: 0.40]
│ * 54. I’m Fulla Schiit Analog Stereo [vol: 1.00]
│ 55. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Pro [vol: 1.00]
│
├─ Sources:
│ * 50. Vocaster One USB Analog Surround 7.1 [vol: 1.00]
│ 53. I’m Fulla Schiit Analog Stereo [vol: 0.90]
│ 56. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Pro [vol: 1.00]
│ 57. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Pro 2 [vol: 1.00]
│
├─ Filters:
│
└─ Streams:
96. PipeWire ALSA [strawberry]
98. output_FL > I’m Fulla Schiit:playback_FL [active]
100. output_FR > I’m Fulla Schiit:playback_FR [active]

Video
├─ Devices:
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Filters:
│
└─ Streams:

Settings
└─ Default Configured Devices:
0. Audio/Sink alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Vocaster_One_USB_V1UJW3J28052B4-00.pro-output-0
1. Audio/Source alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Vocaster_One_USB_V1UJW3J28052B4-00.analog-surround-71

jerm@jermPC ~> inxi -A
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: Focusrite-Novation Vocaster One USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,usb-storage type: USB
Device-4: Schiit Audio Im Fulla driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB
API: ALSA v: k6.11.3-2-default status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active

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Running pipewire-pulse in the terminal fixes my particular problem, but I really need this run from the daemon or something???
I need a more permanent solution lol.

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Check

systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse

If necessary enable it with

systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse --now
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jerm@jermPC ~> systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse
○ pipewire-pulse.service
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit pipewire-pulse.service is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)
jerm@jermPC ~ [3]> systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse --now
Failed to enable unit: Unit /etc/xdg/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service is masked
jerm@jermPC ~ [1]> systemctl unmask pipewire-pulse.service
Unit pipewire-pulse.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.

So I used to have a unit I assume, but something deleted it. I guess I will check the snapshots for it I guess.

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Yes, or try reinstalling it perhaps.

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I forced the install of pipewire and pipewire-pulseaudio, shouldn’t it come with units?
sudo zypper in --force pipewire-pulseaudio
sudo zypper in --force pipewire

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Yes, check for yourself…

rpm -ql pipewire-pulseaudio
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I see /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service
Does this mean the system was looking for it in the wrong spot?

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Your mistake is that it is a user systemd unit. Do
systemctl --user unmask pipewire-pulse

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Hm, it not seem to do anything. For some reason when i systemctl --user restart pipewire-pulse.service
after it tells me [1] Failed to restart pipewire-pulse.service: Unit pipewire-pulse.service is masked.

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Please show

systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse.{service,socket}
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jerm@jermPC ~ [5]> systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse.{service,socket}
○ pipewire-pulse.service
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit pipewire-pulse.service is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)

○ pipewire-pulse.socket
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit pipewire-pulse.socket is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)
jerm@jermPC ~ [3]>

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…and if you unmask?

systemctl --user unmask pipewire-pulse.{service,socket}

then enable and start immediately with

systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse.{service,socket} --now

then check status again.

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jerm@jermPC ~ [3]> systemctl --user unmask pipewire-pulse.{service,socket}
jerm@jermPC ~> systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse.{service.socket} --now
Invalid unit name "pipewire-pulse.{service.socket}" escaped as "pipewire-pulse.\x7bservice.socket\x7d" (maybe you should use systemd-escape?).
Failed to enable unit: Unit pipewire-pulse.\x7bservice.socket\x7d.service does not exist
jerm@jermPC ~ [1]>

Strange

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It should be

systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse.{service,socket} --now

Please use pre-formatted text (</> button in editor) when posting commands and output.

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jerm@jermPC ~ [1]> systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse.{service,socket} --now
Failed to enable unit: Unit /etc/xdg/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service is masked
jerm@jermPC ~ [1]>
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Hmmm…see if this helps…

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Is there something that can keep masking the unit despite me using systemctl to unmask?
I am having the same error returned.
systemctl --user reenable --now pipewire-pulse.{socket,service}
with error code 1.
I tried the solutions and some of the other debugging from the mentioned forum post.

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I didn’t see that error mentioned previously?

What is reported from the systemd journal (as user)?

journalctl --user -b | grep pipewire