On Sun, 4 Jul 2021 07:38:08 -0700
stan via test <test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
As a test, I removed pipewire, and its dozen or so dependencies.
Sound started working again, and I was able to configure things to my
preferences. I'll keep an eye on pipewire and its progress, perhaps
try installing it and its dependencies periodically, but I don't
really need its touted benefits, so for now I will stick with working
over innovative.
The fix didn't survive a reboot. When I checked, it was running
pipewire-pulseaudio, not pulseaudio. So, I installed pulseaudio with
--allowerasing, and sound is again working. Well, almost. I use an
obsolete fedora python2 application that I rebuild locally called
pulseaudio-equalizer to tune sound output. And it is not working with
the new pulseaudio. If there was a built in equalizer in pipewire,
that would provide an additional incentive to get it working.