<HTML><BODY><div class="js-helper js-readmsg-msg"><div id="style_17006321421114247916"><div id="style_17006321421114247916_BODY"><div class="cl_643661"><div><<a href="/compose?To=bob.dybian@gmail.com">bob.dybian@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div> </div><div>> <span style="max-width: 2150px;">There was no change in the packaging of pw 0.3.84 forcing the removal of pulseaudio.</span></div><div> </div><div><div><div><div><div># apt-get install pipewire-audio</div><div>Reading package lists... Done</div><div>Building dependency tree... Done</div><div>Reading state information... Done</div><div>The following additional packages will be installed:</div><div> pipewire-alsa</div><div>The following packages will be REMOVED: <<<<<<======</div><div> pulseaudio*</div><div>The following NEW packages will be installed:</div><div> pipewire-alsa pipewire-audio</div><div>0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 4 not upgraded.</div><div>Need to get 0 B/74.4 kB of archives.</div><div>After this operation, 6378 kB disk space will be freed.</div><div>Do you want to continue? [Y/n] </div></div></div><div> </div><div>There certainly seems to be some conflict between them, as above.</div><div> </div><div>> <span style="max-width: 2150px; --left-column-width: 232px; --right-column-width: 252px; --sidebar-column-width: 320px;">No issue here with pw 0.3.85 to switch between laptop speakers and hdmi speakers.</span></div><div> </div><div>It appears that I may have mis-characterized the problem.</div><div> </div><div>Now testing with pipewire v0.3.85 — if the TV is on BEFORE the desktop session starts,</div><div>then HDMI audio works, and "pavucontrol" can be used to switch an audio stream back and forth</div><div>between analog speakers and HDMI.</div><div> </div><div>However, if the TV is turned on AFTER the desktop session starts, "pavucontrol" still finds</div><div>the HDMI device, and will offer to switch the stream to it, but nothing comes out of the TV speakers.</div><div> </div><div>There are new problems with pipewire v0.3.85 — the "pavucontrol" UI is extremely sluggish,</div><div>for some reason, and the amplitude indicator is either nonfunctional, or sometimes does not</div><div>appear at all.</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></BODY></HTML>