Help me set Pipewire

i cant make it work, i dont use jack i just want to use it as a replacement of pulseaudio

when i launch it i got this:


[W][000000597.669910][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory
[W][000000597.670337][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory
[E][000000597.671292][module-portal.c:137 on_portal_pid_received()] Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get PID of name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': no such name
[W][000000597.674452][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory
[W][000000597.674742][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory
[W][000000597.674897][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory
[W][000000597.674981][pulse-server.c:5198 make_local_socket()] pulse-server 0x1c443f0: unlink stale socket /run/user/1000/pulse/native
[W][000000597.675189][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory
[E][000000597.677026][backend-ofono.c:525 ofono_register_reply()] oFono: Register() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
[E][000000597.690522][bluez5-dbus.c:1761 get_managed_objects_reply()] GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown



this is my xinitrc
if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
fi
sxhkd &
exec bspwm
/usr/bin/pipewire


how do i set pipewire-pulse -a?
i typed pipewire pulse -a native but thats wrong



mplayer complain like this with pipewire installed
mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libpulse.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

As I understand, slackware-current packages linked to pulseaudio still need pulseaudio libs installed. Even if you want to just use pipewire as a replacement.

You might want to start from this post.

Originally Posted by adcdam i cant make it work, i dont use jack i just want to use it as a replacement of pulseaudio when i launch it i got this: [W][000000597.669910][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory [W][000000597.670337][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory [E][000000597.671292][module-portal.c:137 on_portal_pid_received()] Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get PID of name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': no such name [W][000000597.674452][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory [W][000000597.674742][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory [W][000000597.674897][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory [W][000000597.674981][pulse-server.c:5198 make_local_socket()] pulse-server 0x1c443f0: unlink stale socket /run/user/1000/pulse/native [W][000000597.675189][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory [E][000000597.677026][backend-ofono.c:525 ofono_register_reply()] oFono: Register() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown [E][000000597.690522][bluez5-dbus.c:1761 get_managed_objects_reply()] GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown this is my xinitrc if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session` fi sxhkd & exec bspwm /usr/bin/pipewire how do i set pipewire-pulse -a? i typed pipewire pulse -a native but thats wrong mplayer complain like this with pipewire installed mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libpulse.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have explained you in another thread that the PipeWire is NOT a full replacement of PulseAudio package.

The PipeWire contains an audio server which can replace the PulseAudio server, BUT it is still needed everything else from the PulseAudio package (programs, libraries and whatever else)

Looks like you removed the PulseAudio package. Wrong! You should install it back.

Secondly, there is no official or recommended ways to start the PipeWire daemons on Slackware.

Apparently, the PipeWire was added to Slackware just as a hard dependency of Plasma5 and no PipeWire daemon is configured for execution in a way or other.

Aditionally, the PipeWire server(s) are designed to be "user target" daemons for systemd, which really complicates everything as Slackware has no support for "user target" services like the ones available on systemd based distributions.

In that another thread: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...re-4175686443/ we experiment with PipeWire server(s) and we struggle to make them work.

However, nobody have yet a guaranteed recipe to properly run those PipeWire daemons.

Then, nobody can help you right now to run the PipeWire instead of PulseAudio on Slackware.

And this is specially true when you also use some exotic WM which is not included in Slackware, like is yours BSPWM.

I for one I use the XDG autostart to run PipeWire server(s), BUT I am afraid that this information is useless for you, unless your BSPWM is XDG compliant.

Originally Posted by adcdam if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session` fi sxhkd & exec bspwm /usr/bin/pipewire

"exec bspwm" replaces the shell with bspwm. The line "/usr/bin/pipewire" is never run by the shell, because the shell exists no more after the exec line.

if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
  eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
fi
sxhkd &
exec bspwm
/usr/bin/pipewire

Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina "exec bspwm" replaces the shell with bspwm. The line "/usr/bin/pipewire" is never run by the shell, because the shell exists no more after the exec line.

Yeah, probably a better way would be something like:

if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
  eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
fi
/usr/bin/pipewire &
sxhkd &
exec bspwm

Originally Posted by adcdam i cant make it work, i dont use jack i just want to use it as a replacement of pulseaudio when i launch it i got this: [W][000000597.669910][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory [W][000000597.670337][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory [E][000000597.671292][module-portal.c:137 on_portal_pid_received()] Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get PID of name 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': no such name [W][000000597.674452][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory [W][000000597.674742][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory [W][000000597.674897][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory [W][000000597.674981][pulse-server.c:5198 make_local_socket()] pulse-server 0x1c443f0: unlink stale socket /run/user/1000/pulse/native [W][000000597.675189][module-rtkit.c:504 idle_func()] could not make thread realtime: No such file or directory [E][000000597.677026][backend-ofono.c:525 ofono_register_reply()] oFono: Register() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown [E][000000597.690522][bluez5-dbus.c:1761 get_managed_objects_reply()] GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown

Pipewire is trying to find rtkit and xdg_portal and just giving warnings about not being able to find them on dbus. If you're not planning on using those you could try commenting out those modules in pipewire.conf to see if it removes the warnings (or just redirect that to /dev/null once you get pipewire working).

Originally Posted by adcdam this is my xinitrc if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session` fi sxhkd & exec bspwm /usr/bin/pipewire

Like the other commenters here said, you have the exec line before pipewire, and bspwm will be a long lived process so you will not get to the pipewire line. If anything you will see pipewire try to start after exiting your bspwm session. Put bspwm last and background everything before it. Then you should be able to have things working properly with the --exit-with-session.

On a side note, if you drop the exec you can put a little cleanup routine after to kill pipewire. Not sure if that exec was recommended by bspwm or not though. Its been a few years since I've tried bspwm.

Originally Posted by adcdam how do i set pipewire-pulse -a? i typed pipewire pulse -a native but thats wrong

Try editing /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf and uncommenting the last line which has the "exec /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse ..." in it. This will start pipewire-pulse immediately when you run the /usr/bin/pipewire line in your xinitrc.

Originally Posted by adcdam mplayer complain like this with pipewire installed mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libpulse.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This just confirms that pipewire is either not running or cant be reached. Probably from the incorrect order in xinitrc. You can also run "pactl info" to see whats reported. If pipewire is running it will say something like the following:

Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 34
Server Protocol Version: 34
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 55
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: bob
Host Name: slackbook
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.19)
Server Version: 14.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000:00:1f.3.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000:00:1f.3.analog-stereo
Cookie: 7940:47a5

Good luck!