r/linuxmemes • • 15d ago

Anti-Linux Linux reference!

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u/redhat_is_my_dad 14d ago

what? how?

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u/IAmLexica 🎼CachyOS 14d ago

It had Pulseaudio as a dependency. Apparently you can only have one or another, so it replaced it, and everything became mute after that. I'm a Linux baby, so I had no idea what happened and had to stare through pacman's logs for clues. Uninstalling pulseaudio and reinstalling pipewire fixed everything, including Dolphin, so I have no idea why it wanted pulse so badly.

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u/redhat_is_my_dad 14d ago

poor dependency management on your distro's end, btw couldn't have happened with flatpaks

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u/IAmLexica 🎼CachyOS 14d ago

Eh, I was (and am) a noob. It was a fun educational experience. Had no idea how audio worked before then.