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# inxi -Sz --vs --zl --hostname
inxi 3.3.31-00 (2023-11-02)
System:
Host: fi965 Kernel: 6.5.0-5-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Trinity
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid
# inxi -Aaz
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
Series] vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.5.0-5-amd64 status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: off 2: wireplumber status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
# lspci -vd 1002:aab0
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
Subsystem: Dell Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at fbefc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?>
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
# dpkg-query -W | egrep 'alsa|arts|audio|demul|gstr|jack|libde2|libx26|mix|mpv|pavu|puls|sof-|sound|vlc|wire|xdg'|sort
alsa-firmware-loaders 1.2.5-3
alsa-tools 1.2.5-3
alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.10-1
alsa-utils 1.2.10-1.1
firmware-sof-signed 2023.12-1
kmix-trinity 4:14.1.2~pre11-0debian13.0.0+2~a
libarts1c2a-trinity:amd64 4:14.1.2~pre5-0debian13.0.0+2~a
libartsc0-trinity:amd64 4:14.1.2~pre5-0debian13.0.0+2~a
libasound2:amd64 1.2.10-3
libasound2-data 1.2.10-3
libaudio2:amd64 1.9.4-7
libaudiofile1:amd64 0.3.6-6+b1
libcanberra-pulse:amd64 0.30-11
libde265-0:amd64 1.0.15-1
libheif-plugin-libde265:amd64 1.17.4-1
libjack0:amd64 1:0.126.0-2
libpipewire-0.3-0:amd64 1.0.0-3
libpipewire-0.3-common 1.0.0-3
libpipewire-0.3-modules:amd64 1.0.0-3
libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11:amd64 1.0.0-3
libpulse0:amd64 16.1+dfsg1-2+b1
libpulsedsp:amd64 16.1+dfsg1-2+b1
libvlccore9:amd64 1:3.0.20-dmo3
libwebrtc-audio-processing1:amd64 0.3-1+b1
libwireplumber-0.4-0:amd64 0.4.17-1
libx264-164:amd64 4:0.164.3172+gitc1c9931-dmo1
libx265-199:amd64 1:3.5-dmo2
menu-xdg 0.7
pipewire-alsa:amd64 1.0.0-3
pipewire:amd64 1.0.0-3
pipewire-audio 1.0.0-3
pipewire-bin 1.0.0-3
pipewire-media-session 0.4.2-3
pipewire-pulse 1.0.0-3
pipewire-v4l2:amd64 1.0.0-3
pulseaudio-utils 16.1+dfsg1-2+b1
sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8-3
tdemultimedia-tdeio-plugins-trinity 4:14.1.2~pre11-0debian13.0.0+2~a
vlc-plugin-pipewire:amd64 3-2
wireplumber 0.4.17-1
xdg-user-dirs 0.18-1
xdg-utils 1.1.3-4.1
# alsactl info
#
# Sound card
#
- card: 0
id: HDMI
name: HDA ATI HDMI
longname: HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbefc000 irq 26
driver_name: HDA-Intel
mixer_name: ATI R6xx HDMI
components: HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100300
controls_count: 14
pcm:
- stream: PLAYBACK
devices:
- device: 3
id: HDMI 0
name: HDMI 0 *
subdevices:
- subdevice: 0
name: subdevice #0
- device: 7
id: HDMI 1
name: HDMI 1
subdevices:
- subdevice: 0
name: subdevice #0
alsactl: rawmidi_device_list:105: snd_ctl_rawmidi_next_device
# aplay -lL
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
PipeWire Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
Hardware device with all software conversions
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
Direct sample mixing device
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0 *]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
# aplay -lL
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
PipeWire Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
Hardware device with all software conversions
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 *
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
Direct sample mixing device
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0 *]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
# wpctl status
Could not connect to PipeWire
# pw-cli list-objects Device
Error: "failed to connect: Host is down"
# aplay /usr/local/share/sound/alsa/test.wav
aplay: main:834: audio open error: Host is down
# aplay -D hdmi:0,0 /usr/local/share/sound/alsa/test.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/local/share/sound/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
#- $SUBJECT How/where is the determining config required to be configured/reconfigured so that -D hdmi:0,0 is not required for aplay to just work, to make hdmi:0,0, by whatever (PCM?) alias(es) might be applicable, the default sound device?
- Is Pulseaudio still required (ignoring what particular DE apps may require, e.g. Firefox and Plasma)? Can it not yet be entirely dispensed with in favor of Pipewire? If not, is there a Debian-specific forum I can participate in to help get it to that point?
- The "could not connect" and "host is down" errors seem to be a Debian exclusive. IOW, these two errors happen as a matter of course with multiple PCs here using Bookworm and Trixie, but equivalent configurations on same PCs running Mageia, Fedora and/or openSUSE produce considerable expected output. What's not happening to cause these routine failures in Debian?
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# wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.64, root@fi965, cookie:1359577515]
└─ Clients:
31. WirePlumber [0.3.64, root@fi965, pid:1170]
32. WirePlumber [export] [0.3.64, root@fi965, pid:1170]
44. wpctl [0.3.64, root@fi965, pid:2964]
Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 38. Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series] [alsa]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ * 39. Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series] Digital Stereo (HDMI) [vol: 0.78]
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
Video
├─ Devices:
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
Settings
└─ Default Configured Node Names:
# pw-cli list-objects Device
id 38, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
object.serial = "38"
factory.id = "14"
client.id = "32"
device.api = "alsa"
device.description = "Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]"
device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1"
device.nick = "HDA ATI HDMI"
media.class = "Audio/Device"
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