[Solved] Debian 12 KDE broken sound after update upgrade

# Debian 12 KDE woes after apt upgrade
# Debian forces unstable pipewire during update/upgrade
# You can fix your broken sound with these commands

sudo apt remove --purge pipewire && sudo apt install pulseaudio

administrator@debian12kde:~$ systemctl --user status pipewire
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of pipewire.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl --user daemon-reload' to reload units.
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; bad; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-12-30 13:46:44 +02; 55min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
Main PID: 1130 (pipewire)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 38404)
Memory: 6.2M
CPU: 35ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
└─1130 /usr/bin/pipewire

Dec 30 13:46:44 debian12kde systemd[1114]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Dec 30 13:46:45 debian12kde pipewire[1130]: mod.rt: Can't find org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop. Is xdg-desktop-portal running?
Dec 30 13:46:45 debian12kde pipewire[1130]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal
Dec 30 13:46:47 debian12kde pipewire[1130]: mod.x11-bell: XOpenDisplay() failed


administrator@debian12kde:~$ systemctl --user stop pipewire
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of pipewire.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl --user daemon-reload' to reload units.
Warning: Stopping pipewire.service, but it can still be activated by:
pipewire.socket


administrator@debian12kde:~$ systemctl --user disable pipewire
Failed to disable unit: Unit file pipewire.service does not exist.


administrator@debian12kde:~$ systemctl --user status pipewire
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of pipewire.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl --user daemon-reload' to reload units.
× pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; bad; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2024-12-30 14:42:54 +02; 30s ago
Duration: 1ms
TriggeredBy: × pipewire.socket
Process: 20885 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pipewire (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Main PID: 20885 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
CPU: 877us

Dec 30 14:42:54 debian12kde systemd[1114]: pipewire.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Dec 30 14:42:54 debian12kde systemd[1114]: Stopped pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Dec 30 14:42:54 debian12kde systemd[1114]: pipewire.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 30 14:42:54 debian12kde systemd[1114]: pipewire.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 30 14:42:54 debian12kde systemd[1114]: Failed to start pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.


administrator@debian12kde:~$ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
○ pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
TriggeredBy: ○ pulseaudio.socket


administrator@debian12kde:~$ systemctl --user restart pulseaudio


I don't know why Debian pushes broken software to us but I don't like it.
pipewire does not work and even if it worked it usually distorts / breaks sound.

Statistics: Posted by SamTzu — 2024-12-30 12:58 — Replies 0 — Views 18

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