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From: Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] wireplumper for pipewire 0.3.39 startup problems
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2021 22:01:05
Message-Id: 246193f7-573e-023c-7a8c-36248ac83e3f@googlemail.com
1 Hi people,
2
3 I got a problem getting "wireplumper" for pipewire to run.
4
5 tamer@tux ~ $ systemctl --user status wireplumber.service
6
7 tells me that it failed to start
8
9 × wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
10      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service;
11 enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
12      Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-11-06 22:46:02
13 CET; 2min 53s ago
14     Process: 1380 ExecStart=/usr/bin/wireplumber (code=exited, status=70)
15    Main PID: 1380 (code=exited, status=70)
16
17 Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Failed with
18 result 'exit-code'.
19 Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Scheduled
20 restart job, restart counter is at 5.
21 Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session
22 Manager.
23 Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Start request
24 repeated too quickly.
25 Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: wireplumber.service: Failed with
26 result 'exit-code'.
27 Nov 06 22:46:02 tux systemd[1244]: Failed to start Multimedia Service
28 Session Manager.
29
30 Executing "wireplumper" gives out an error that it failed to start
31 "wireplumper":
32
33 tamer@tux ~ $ /usr/bin/wireplumber
34 failed to start systemd logind monitor: -2 (No such file or directory)
35 M 22:46:16.429961        wireplumber
36 ../wireplumber-0.4.4/src/main.c:328:on_disconnected: disconnected from
37 pipewire
38
39
40 by the way, according the pipewire gentoo guide, the ~/.xinitrc file
41 should look like this:
42
43 if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
44        eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
45 fi
46
47 /usr/bin/gentoo-pipewire-launcher
48
49 ...but "/usr/bin/gentoo-pipewire-launcher" simply does not exist ...
50
51
52 pipewire is on 0.3.39:
53
54 tamer@tux ~ $ LANG=C pactl info | grep "Server Name"
55 Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.39)
56
57
58 emerge --info:
59 https://pastebin.com/raw/Ya6LmipC
60
61 (emerge -uDN @world) had been executed today ....
62
63
64 Any ideas ?
65
66
67 For any help, thanks in advance.
68
69
70 best, Tamer

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Re: [gentoo-user] wireplumper for pipewire 0.3.39 startup problems Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>