After multiple failed atempts to get a good running update to leap 16.0 from leap 15.6, I decided to try a move to tumbleweed. I did conversion by altering repos and run “zypper dup”. System is functioning pretty well.
I have no audio though. On leap 15.6 I was using alsa, pipewire, and wireplumber and bluetooth which worked well. I have no speakers. I have both wired and wireless (bluetooth) headphones.
On tumbleweed, with the wired headphones I can get sound only from:
“speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav”.
Youtube videos and vlc run but give no audio.
alsamixer says “This sound device has no controls”.
I think sound card is not configured. Yast now has no sound configuration module.
Need some guidance. First want to get wired headphones functioning then go on to the bluetooth.
Only with respect to driver options (and nothing more). Seldom required and not the issue here.
Anyway, as with your other thread (that you abandoned), I’m going to advise you to follow up on my suggestion made here, which you did not appear to have acknowledged or tried…
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ journalctl --user -u wireplumber -b -n 50
Mar 02 17:15:56 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop wireplumber[2232]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop wireplumber[2323]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop wireplumber[2327]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop wireplumber[2331]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop wireplumber[2335]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Failed to start Multimedia Service Session Manager.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
I see more problems so I am thinking about reverting back to leap 15.6. The qemu/libvirt vms don’t work anymore. qemu crashes after the vm gets through opening screen. I’ve seen this on 4 of the 12 I run. I use these alot.
If you’re going to continue to jump all over the place, it’s going to be impossible for others to assists you. Becomes a moving target and topics can get messy. I’ll stop assisting here.
Still shows same messages about not starting Multimeadia service
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ journalctl --user -u wireplumber -b --no-pager | tail -n 50
Mar 02 17:15:56 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop wireplumber[2232]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop wireplumber[2323]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop wireplumber[2327]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:58 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop wireplumber[2331]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop wireplumber[2335]: failed to load components: no component provides 'monitor.alsa', wanted by 'hardware.audio [virtual]'
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: wireplumber.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 17:15:59 mydesktop systemd[2047]: Failed to start Multimedia Service Session Manager.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ ls -la /usr/lib64/pipewire-0.3/spa-0.2/alsa/
ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/pipewire-0.3/spa-0.2/alsa/': No such file or directory
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo zypper install --force pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulseaudio wireplumber pipewire-spa-plugins
Refreshing service 'NVIDIA'.
Refreshing service 'openSUSE'.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Package 'pipewire-spa-plugins' not found.
Forcing installation of 'pipewire-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64' from repository 'repo-oss'.
Forcing installation of 'wireplumber-0.5.13-2.1.x86_64' from repository 'repo-oss'.
Forcing installation of 'pipewire-pulseaudio-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64' from repository 'repo-oss'.
Forcing installation of 'pipewire-alsa-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64' from repository 'repo-oss'.
Resolving package dependencies...
The following 4 packages are going to be reinstalled:
pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulseaudio wireplumber
4 packages to reinstall.
Package download size: 1.3 MiB
Package install size change:
| 1.8 MiB required by packages that will be installed
0 B | - 1.8 MiB released by packages that will be removed
Backend: classic_rpmtrans
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Preloading: wireplumber-0.5.13-2.1.x86_64.rpm [done]
Preloading: pipewire-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64.rpm [done]
Preloading: pipewire-pulseaudio-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64.rpm [done]
Preloading: pipewire-alsa-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64.rpm [done]
Preload finished. [success (640.5 KiB/s) ] ....................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving: wireplumber-0.5.13-2.1.x86_64 (repo-oss) (1/4), 308.3 KiB
Retrieving: pipewire-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64 (repo-oss) (2/4), 316.5 KiB
Retrieving: pipewire-pulseaudio-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64 (repo-oss) (3/4), 443.3 KiB
Retrieving: pipewire-alsa-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64 (repo-oss) (4/4), 296.8 KiB
Checking for file conflicts: ..................................................................................................................[done]
(1/4) Installing: wireplumber-0.5.13-2.1.x86_64 ...............................................................................................[done]
(2/4) Installing: pipewire-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64 ...................................................................................................[done]
No such key “picture-uri-dark” in schema “org.cinnamon.desktop.background” as specified in override file “/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/20_libcinnamon-desktop-branding.gschema.override”; ignoring override for this key.
No such key “screensaver-uses-logind” in schema “org.cinnamon.desktop.session” as specified in override file “/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.session.gschema.override”; ignoring override for this key.
(3/4) Installing: pipewire-pulseaudio-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64 ........................................................................................[done]
(4/4) Installing: pipewire-alsa-1.6.0-2.1.x86_64 ..............................................................................................[done]
Running post-transaction scripts ..............................................................................................................[done]
Installation has completed with error.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $