On first login often there is no sound device and is slugish to close session.

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#1

Hi, since about 3-4 weeks, almost always when I first login there is no sound device and everything is slugish. If I close that session and login again, it works fine. Also probably unrelated the auto-hide latte docks make a flicker on the border of the screen after opening a program that is maximized. Also probably unrelated when shutting down it usually takes a really long time waiting for something to close, that “something” is not always the same.

I need help to diagnose. I’m using TW KDE Build20220725 and Nvida drivers. also there is no recent hardware changes.

Thank you

#2

Which desktop environment are you using here?

When you first login, what do the following command invocations return?

systemctl --user list-units | egrep "pipe|pulse"

wpctl status
#3

I’m using KDE X11

~> systemctl --user list-units | egrep "pipe|pulse"
  pipewire-pulse.service                                                                                           loaded active running PipeWire PulseAudio
  pipewire.service                                                                                                 loaded active running PipeWire Multimedia Service
  pipewire-pulse.socket                                                                                            loaded active running PipeWire PulseAudio
  pipewire.socket                                                                                                  loaded active running PipeWire Multimedia System Socket
~> wpctl status

wpctl does not output anything, I had to Ctrl-c to end it.

When the start up and login goes fine this is the output of the same commands:

~> systemctl --user list-units | egrep "pipe|pulse"
  pipewire-pulse.service                                                                                           loaded active running PipeWire PulseAudio
  pipewire.service                                                                                                 loaded active running PipeWire Multimedia Service
  pipewire-pulse.socket                                                                                            loaded active running PipeWire PulseAudio
  pipewire.socket                                                                                                  loaded active running PipeWire Multimedia System Socket


~> wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.56, neo@firefly, cookie:3460152577]
 └─ Clients:
        31. WirePlumber                         [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:1725]
        33. pipewire-pulse                      [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:1727]
        34. WirePlumber [export]                [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:1725]
        35. Plasma PA                           [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:1907]
        36. startplasma-x11                     [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:1516]
        46. wpctl                               [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:2312]
        53. QPulse                              [0.3.56, neo@firefly, pid:1904]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      42. GK106 HDMI Audio Controller         [alsa]
 │      43. Built-in Audio                      [alsa]
 │
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  *   50. Built-in Audio Estéreo analógico  [vol: 0.85]
 │
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │
 ├─ Sources:
 │
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │
 └─ Streams:

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │
 ├─ Sinks:
 │
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │
 ├─ Sources:
 │
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Node Names:
         0. Audio/Sink    bluez_output.55_36_0C_EE_8D_FF.a2dp-sink

Thank you !

#4

Hi, Hardware setting priority, if available, is 1st yast and 2nd system preferences.
When you do an installation and without doing anything, you have sound, it is possible that it has a generic one.
The steps are usually:
A)- There is no Card: 1º Add Card- 2º Configure automatically 3º go to others and select as main card.
A-1) Restart audio server.
A-2) Configure in System Preferences, if applicable.

B) There is a sound card: 1st click Edit 2nd choose automatic configuration 3rd go to OTHERS (bottom right) and define as main card.
B-1) Restart audio server.
B-2) Configure in System Preferences, if applicable.

Inxi, you can determine the states of the audio servers, with the extended sequence of extra 3 or -xxx : example :
inxi -xxxA :


HP-OMEN:~ # inxi -xxxA
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348
    class ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9
    class ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.3.18-150300.59.87-default running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2-rebootstrapped running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.24 running: no

Although more information can be expanded, this is enough,
Also with the command speaker.test , it is easier to do it from yast —others — sound playback test or in system preferences–audio-- and in advanced , test the channels.

Remember that to test, you have to restart the audio server, configure without restarting, it will most likely not work.

Best regards.