Sound stopped in Plasma

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My sound has stopped working in Plasma. It is not an issue with my sound cards or drivers as I’ve run speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav and get sound. Plasma shows no devices installed. The volume widged, for example, shows “No output or input devices found” and the audio module in system settings is blank. I’ve run alsa-info. Here is some partial output. I can include more if necessary.

upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.5.3
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Fri Mar  8 23:39:25 UTC 2024


!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Welcome to openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240307 - Kernel \r (\l). LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64" NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed" ID="opensuse-tumbleweed" ID_LIKE="opensuse suse" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed" CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20240307:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" #CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20240307" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.opensuse.org" SUPPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org" HOME_URL="https://www.opensuse.org" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed"


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name:      US Desktop Aegis R 
Product Version:   1.0
Firmware Version:  1.D7
System SKU:        Desktop
Board Vendor:      MSI
Board Name:        PRO B660M-A CEC WIFI DDR4 (MS-7D37)


!!ACPI Device Status Information
!!---------------

/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ACPI000C:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ACPI000E:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33A1:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT340E:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INTC1056:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INTC1099:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:00/status 	 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:01/status 	 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/MBID0001:00/status 	 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/MSFT0101:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0103:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0400:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0501:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:03/status 	 8
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:05/status 	 3
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:06/status 	 3
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0C:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0E:00/status 	 11
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:00/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:01/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:02/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:03/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:04/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:05/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:06/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:07/status 	 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PRP00001:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PRP00001:01/status 	 11
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:00/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:04/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:a3/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:a4/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:a5/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:a7/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:a8/status 	 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:a9/status 	 15


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  1 13:51:21 UTC 2024 (1ff84c5)
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      x86_64
Processor:         x86_64
SMP Enabled:       Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:     k6.7.7-1-default
Library version:    
Utilities version:  1.2.11


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_hda_intel (card 0)
snd_hda_intel (card 1)


!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

PipeWire:
      Installed - Yes (/bin/pipewire)
      Running - Yes

Pulseaudio:
      Installed - Yes (/bin/pulseaudio)
      Running - No

Jack:
      Installed - Yes (/bin/jackd)
      Running - No

Jack2:
      Installed - Yes (/bin/jackdbus)
      Running - No


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

 0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
                      HDA Intel PCH at 0x4012120000 irq 167
 1 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0x81080000 irq 17


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S HD Audio Controller [8086:7ad0] (rev 11)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:228e] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:397d]

!!Packages installed
!!--------------------

alsa-utils-1.2.11-2.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-speexrate-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
sof-firmware-2023.12-2.1.noarch
alsa-plugins-pulse-32bit-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-oss-1.1.8-5.5.x86_64
alsa-oss-32bit-1.1.8-5.5.x86_64
alsa-plugins-upmix-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-jack-32bit-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.11-1.1.noarch

I’d appreciate any help.

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Same problem here. After today’s update

The following product is going to be upgraded:
  openSUSE Tumbleweed  20240306-0 -> 20240307-0  x86_64
...
78 packages to upgrade, 2 new.

I get NO sound … but as with @bearymore , I can execute

  • speaker-test -Dplug:front …

And I get output on the left and right speaker on my Dell laptop.

Everything was working fine BEFORE the update.

A second problem ALSO exists … videos in a native browser do NOT play.
How do I know - I just now installed Brave browser as a Flatpak, and videos work in it, but there is no sound. (native Brave and Chrome and Firefox do NOT work).

So, ultimately (and I have yet to look thru the list of what was updated), obviously, some low-level library was updated, which goofed up the sound.

Also, the KDE “sound” configuration screens are completely EMPTY
(when it rains, it pours, in TW).

3

I had a feeling it was the update. I do get videos to play in the native Vivaldi browser, but, of course, with no sound. As I said, sound configuration screens here too are blank.

4

@aggie All good here on GNOME, so I wouldn’t suspect the underlying audio system, I have sound over speakers and also hdmi output (not my default) to three different screens. I also run pipewire audio out to JamesDSP.

For a nice visual install qpwgraph or check ststaus from commandline with wpctl status

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I have NO idea how to explain how things got fixed. Let it be known, though, that I didn’t do anything significant.

So, I thought, let me try an old-school DM … so, I rebooted (I know, I could just logout, and log in with new DM) and then at the login screen, I chose IceWM.

Then I ran VLC and opened an MP4 and then a video file … both worked as hoped … got both video output and sound output.

So then I execute the native Brave browser and went to one of my TV channels (BuzzrTV: BUZZR) and guess what - both the video feed and audio worked. No, I didn’t have to run the Brave Flatpak version. I also did a quick test at YouTube, and it worked too).

So then I fired up Firefox and then Chrome and both played video and audio.

Okay, so next, I logged out (no reboot) and then logged in using X11 / Wayland (which I really never do) and video and audio worked there too.

So, finally, I logged out, then logged in using X11 / Plasma (what I always use) and i can’t figure it out … both audio and video work … using Multimedia players (like KDenlive and VLC) and within the native browsers, such as Brave, Firefox, and Chrome. I guess I’ll uninstall the Brave Flatpak for now.

I’m completely confused. After the update, i rebooted twice (trying a quick fix) and I still had no video or audio. And now, after switching to IceWM momentarily, everything just magically fixed itself.

Oh yea, I can now also see the KDE Audio configuration screens, which I could NOT see before (see below).

VERY WEIRD and I’m completely perplexed !!

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Hehe. Welcome to the world of perplexion, where most of us wind up spending a lot of time. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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You’re luckier than I am with audio voodoo. Most of my Plasma installations produce more like what follows:

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# inxi -ASaz
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.21-1-longterm arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: root=LABEL=09stw64 audit=0
    ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume consoleblank=0 mitigations=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
    v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: 1: KDM 2: XDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed
    20240307
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3a6e class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.21-1-longterm status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: off 2: wireplumber status: active tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
# rpm -qa | egrep 'alsa|arts|audio|codec|demul|fmpeg|gstr|jack|kodi|26[45]|mix|mpv|pavu|puls|sof-f|sound|vlc|wire|xdg'|sort
alsa-1.2.11-1.1.x86_64
alsa-firmware-1.2.4-4.5.noarch
alsa-oss-1.1.8-5.5.x86_64
alsa-plugins-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-speexrate-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-upmix-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.11-1.1.noarch
alsa-utils-1.2.11-2.1.x86_64
ffmpeg-4-4.4.4-6.2.x86_64
gstreamer-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
kdelibs3-3.5.10-265.2.x86_64
kdelibs3-default-style-3.5.10-265.2.x86_64
kmix-23.08.4-1.3.x86_64
kodi-20.2-1699.2.pm.9.x86_64
kpipewire-imports-5.27.10-1.3.x86_64
kquickcharts-5.115.0-1.1.x86_64
libasound2-1.2.11-1.1.x86_64
libavcodec58_134-4.4.4-6.2.x86_64
libavcodec59-5.1.4-4.2.x86_64
libavcodec60-6.1.1-1.4.x86_64
libcodec2-1_2-1.2.0-1.3.x86_64
libde265-0-1.0.12-1699.1.pm.8.x86_64
libgstaudio-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstreamer-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstriff-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libjack0-1.9.22-2.5.x86_64
libKF5Parts5-5.115.0-1.1.x86_64
libpipewire-0_3-0-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
libplacebo264-5.264.1-1.5.x86_64
libportaudio2-190700_20210406-1.10.x86_64
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-17.0-3.2.x86_64
libpulse0-17.0-3.2.x86_64
libvlc5-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
libvlccore9-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
libwebrtc-audio-processing-1-3-1.3-3.1.x86_64
libwireplumber-0_5-0-0.4.90-1.1.x86_64
libx264-164-0.164+git20220602.baee400f-1699.1.pm.20.x86_64
libx265-199-3.5-1699.2.pm.75.x86_64
mpv-0.37.0+git20231121.2a57a6ee-1.3.x86_64
phonon4qt5-backend-vlc-0.11.3-1.18.x86_64
pipewire-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-modules-0_3-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-pulseaudio-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-tools-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-tools-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-setup-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-17.0-3.2.x86_64
sof-firmware-2023.12-2.1.noarch
sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-9.15.noarch
vlc-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
vlc-noX-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
vlc-qt-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
wireplumber-0.4.90-1.1.x86_64
wireplumber-audio-0.4.90-1.1.noarch
xdg-menu-0.2-219.1.noarch
xdg-utils-1.2.0+20240130-2.1.noarch
# pw-cli list-objects Device
        id 41, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
                object.serial = "42"
                factory.id = "14"
                client.id = "40"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0"
                device.nick = "HDA Intel"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
# aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
#

Aplay works, but there’s no volume control via KDE. Only alsamixer works for volume, here because output is analog. On installations where output is supposed to goto DisplayPort or HDMI, no default ever works. -D hdmi or -D hdmi:0,1 or somesuch is needed.

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Apples and oranges in your case. This looks like a screen shot from KDE3 era. What does graphical output look like with ‘pavucontrol’? Can you select different profiles (configuration tab) for example? This is probably best followed in a dedicated thread mrmazda.

9

That may well be what it looks like, but it’s from Plasma on TW 20240307. Pavucontrol is both GTK and pulseaudio, so is not installed. Based on my readings[1], pipewire has been a ready replacement for pulseaudio since as long ago as three years. Thus, the only pulseaudio bits installed here are those demanded by apps I can’t avoid, same as with GTK. If others can make PW work, openSUSE users should be able to as well.

Feel free to cut whatever portion of this might work for starting another thread. It’s not about one installation though. All my Plasmas are just like this one, other than those with digital out being worse than those with analog. My KDE3s and TDEs mostly do better in that the DE’s system sounds can often be made to work, but usually their KMixes, either like Plasma’s not finding any output, or just not the appropriate digital output, while alsamixer more often does. After staring at data collected from this stuff for the past two years, it looks like a basic configuration is hiding somewhere that I just can’t find, to specify which output should be default, HDMI or DP in all cases where existant, regardless whether or not analog is present. Not owned by any package, /etc/sysconfig/sound is just a fraction of its former size, with only 6 instances of “=” in it, none pointing to alsa, pipewire, wireplumber, two for pulseaudio in apparent conflict, and neither any of the above in /etc/alternatives/. /etc/sound/ exists, but only in Leap, the tiny bit in there is dated 2018, and it belongs to libgnome. File /etc/libao.conf contains default_driver=pulse but is not owned by any package to explain why it exists. Just thinking about this voodoo makes my head hurt.

[1] e.g. PipeWire is how audio should be on Linux, and it's ready to use. No more complic... | Hacker News

10

So…clarifying the GUI image you shared is from KDE Plasma? Looks nothing like mine.

11

It is a wild KDE3 (unmaintained) / Plasma mix…

kdelibs3-3.5.10-265.2.x86_64
kdelibs3-default-style-3.5.10-265.2.x86_64
12

Yes, that is what I’m alluding to really (and why it belongs in its own topic IMHO).

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Kdelibs3* are there because AFAICT KDM remains the most featureful DM, in a tie with TDM forked from it, and I am very happy with the way its default non-themed theme works, with everything near center instead of sprawled in itty bitty bits all over creation, or using user images too big to fit more than a tiny few on a screen at once.

You can see in the inxi output from the same session the image came from and which accompanies my image that KDM and XDM are listed, while GDM, SDDM and LightDM are not, and Plasma 5.27.10 is running in TW 20240307. Even Fedora 39 still provides TDM. I have my SDDM count down to about 3. All other installations’ Plasma sessions here are started from startx, KDM3, TDM, XDM or LightDM.

14

Show the output of the following

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
wpctl status
15

??? You can install pavucontrol-qt. It only requires the wrapper (pipewire-pulseudio) installed which was reported in your inxi output.

16

Just in case this new thread is relevant:

17

That screenshot you provided in your reply … that’s what mine looked like - EMPTY - except that mine looked a bit more KDE-modern, if that makes sense.

I just booted up this laptop (Replying with it now) and Audio and Video stuff continues to work, since my weird voodoo “use IceWM fix”
(I just again tested using VLC and playing video URLs using Brave)

As a point of contrast, I’ve provided the exact same command line outputs as you provided … strange - for the last two commands, I see an error for both:
“failed to connect: Host is down”
Might be a difference in configuration between our systems
.

# inxi -ASaz
System:
  Kernel: 6.7.7-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.7.7-1-default
    root=UUID=xxxxxxxx  quiet security=apparmor
    mitigations=auto
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 with: latte-dock
    tools: avail: xscreensaver dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240307
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9dc8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.7-1-default status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: wireplumber status: off 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process)
    tools: pacat,pactl
# 
# rpm -qa | egrep 'alsa|arts|audio|codec|demul|fmpeg|gstr|jack|kodi|26[45]|mix|mpv|pavu|puls|sof-f|sound|vlc|wire|xdg'|sort
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.2.8-3.1.x86_64
alsa-1.2.11-1.1.x86_64
alsa-oss-1.1.8-5.5.x86_64
alsa-plugins-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-speexrate-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-upmix-1.2.7.1-4.7.x86_64
alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.11-1.1.noarch
alsa-utils-1.2.11-2.1.x86_64
ffmpeg-4-4.4.4-6.2.x86_64
ffmpegthumbs-23.08.4-1.3.x86_64
flatpak-xdg-utils-1.0.5-3.2.x86_64
gstreamer-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
gstreamer-libnice-0.1.21-3.5.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-gtk-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
kernel-firmware-sound-20240229-1.1.noarch
kio_audiocd-23.08.4-1.2.x86_64
kpipewire-imports-5.27.10-1.3.x86_64
kquickcharts-5.115.0-1.1.x86_64
latte-dock-0.11.0~20231201T052657-77.17.x86_64
latte-dock-lang-0.11.0~20231201T052657-77.17.noarch
libKF5Parts5-5.115.0-1.1.x86_64
libKF5Parts5-lang-5.115.0-1.1.noarch
libSDL_mixer-1_2-0-1.2.12-9.2.x86_64
libasound2-1.2.11-1.1.x86_64
libavcodec58_134-4.4.4-6.2.x86_64
libavcodec59-5.1.4-4.2.x86_64
libavcodec60-6.1.1-1.4.x86_64
libcodec2-1_2-1.2.0-1.3.x86_64
libgstaudio-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstbadaudio-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstcodecparsers-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstcodecs-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstreamer-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstriff-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstrtp-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libgstrtsp-1_0-0-1.24.0-1.1.x86_64
libjack0-1.9.22-2.5.x86_64
libopenh264-7-2.3.1-2.suse1699.30.x86_64
libpipewire-0_3-0-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
libplacebo264-5.264.1-1.5.x86_64
libportaudio2-190700_20210406-1.10.x86_64
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-17.0-3.2.x86_64
libpulse0-17.0-3.2.x86_64
librtaudio7-6.0.1-1.2.x86_64
libvlc5-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
libvlccore9-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
libwebrtc-audio-processing-1-3-1.3-3.1.x86_64
libwireplumber-0_5-0-0.4.90-1.1.x86_64
mpv-0.37.0+git20231121.2a57a6ee-1.3.x86_64
mpv-bash-completion-0.37.0+git20231121.2a57a6ee-1.3.noarch
mpv-mpris-1.1-1.3.x86_64
oxygen5-sounds-5.27.10-1.2.noarch
phonon4qt5-backend-vlc-0.11.3-1.18.x86_64
pipewire-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-alsa-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-modules-0_3-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-spa-tools-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pipewire-tools-1.0.3-3.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-bash-completion-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gsettings-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-setup-17.0-3.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-17.0-3.2.x86_64
sof-firmware-2023.12-2.1.noarch
sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-9.15.noarch
system-user-pulse-17.0-3.2.noarch
vlc-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
vlc-codec-gstreamer-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
vlc-lang-3.0.20-5.1.noarch
vlc-noX-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
vlc-qt-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
vlc-vdpau-3.0.20-5.1.x86_64
wireless-regdb-20231201-1.2.noarch
wireless-tools-30.pre9-40.9.x86_64
wireplumber-0.4.90-1.1.x86_64
xdg-dbus-proxy-0.1.5-1.2.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.2-3.2.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.15.1-1.2.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-kde-5.27.10-1.3.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-kde-lang-5.27.10-1.3.noarch
xdg-menu-0.2-219.1.noarch
xdg-user-dirs-0.18-2.5.x86_64
xdg-utils-1.2.0+20240130-2.1.noarch
#
# pw-cli list-objects Device
Error: "failed to connect: Host is down"
# 
# aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav
aplay: main:850: audio open error: Host is down
#
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Have you tried as described in the bugreport:

So we have a segfault in the /lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstva.so file, thats included with gstreamer-plugins-bad.

After removing gstreamer-plugins-bad via Yast including dependencies and another restart, my audio devices started working again.

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Thanks @Sauerland ! I have not tried that yet, but thanks for the pointer.

I actually (and accidentally) “fixed” my Audio and Video issue, as I wrote in my Reply in this thread (scroll up a bit, but here’s direct link):
My accidental Audio fix

… however, I have checked for the gstreamer-plugins* packages and I do see that gstreamer-plugins-bad is installed (and there’s a gstreamer-plugins-good).

I should read the BugReport … I’m curious why one is called “-bad” and the other ends with “-good” … if it is truly bad (corrupt, no good), then why isn’t it removed in a zypper dup (?). Anyway, thanks again and will check it out.

Maybe the OP ( @bearymore ) should try that out.

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Read up gst-plugins-bad/README at master · GStreamer/gst-plugins-bad · GitHub

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