[Help] Audio devices disappear after reboot (EndeavourOS, Pipewire)
Hello! I've posted this a few weeks ago on /c/linux4noobs@programming.dev but I didn't get much of an answer, I hope it's okay to post it here as well.
I use 3 audio devices on my computer: my monitor's speakers (through HDMI), my headphones (through line-out/built-in audio) and my microphone (line-in/built-in audio). They all work fine, but when I reboot my headphones / line-out don't seem to get recognized at all.
The only solution I've found thus far is to re-install alsa-utils twice after rebooting. Upon the first reinstall, my line-out / headphones reappear but my line-in mic disappears, only to come back after the second reinstall. Technically my sound works perfectly fine after this, but it feels extremely dumb to reinstall a package twice after every reboot.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance :)
So this comment made me realize pipewire.service wasn't enabled (I had to use the command 'systemctl --now enable pipewire --user' as the ones you provided didn't work on my system.)
It's up and running now, but after a reboot I still have the same issue.
Nope, I've checked and I don't have any PulseAudio, JACK, or other audio packages that could interfere. This install has only ever used PipeWire for audio.
Could be kernel related, I don't know. That'd be quite over my head, but I've had this issue using both the standard linux kernel and the zen kernel.
I didn't see anything in journalctl's logs that relates to audio as far as I can tell.
Reinstalling alsa utils twice? Interesting and weird.
Want to know what's even more fun? I need to re-install alsa-utils thrice now after properly enabling pipewire.service like I did on that other comment thread :P
Nope, I've checked and I don't have any PulseAudio, JACK, or other audio packages
Ok good. We should be able to rule that out.
Could be kernel related, I don't know.
What version? The command uname -r will give it to you. More info here
Also... If you run dmesg do you see any audio related devices or errors? I should've thought to ask about that last time.
Want to know what's even more fun? I need to re-install alsa-utils thrice now
Whee!™ Are we having fun yet lol
That is seriously bizarre.
Did I ask what audio hardware chipset you're using?
It should show up in dmesg output. Or alternatively look up your motherboard specs and get it that way. Assuming you're using the built in motherboard audio and not a separate card.