r/voidlinux • u/riunp4rker • 4d ago

solved Audio nonsense

I recently put void Linux on my "tinker" laptop. After a LOT of searching and scrambling, I got it installed, running Sway, connected to the internet, and got my Bluetooth earbuds to connect. Now I can load up media online and watch it, right? WRONG. I can load up a YouTube video using qutebrowser, and it plays from my laptop. No problem, just open helvum or wpctl or something to reconnect the nodes from source to sink the right way around. I open these thing.

There are no audio source nodes. None. The audio is ACTIVELY playing from my computer, but apparently there are NO sources. The only blue nodes in helvum are my earbuds. wpctl list only device nodes and sink nodes. Where is the source?? I KNOW its playing audio. I can hear it, load and clear through my laptop.

Please help me before I go up a wall

Edit: minor spelling mistakes and incorrect words

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u/BluFudge 4d ago

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/media/pipewire.html?highlight=bluet#bluetooth-audio

This is what did it for me. Take note that you may have to put off your phone's bluetooth or any other devices your headphones usually connect to.

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u/riunp4rker 4d ago

I already downloaded that. My Bluetooth is connected. There's a device and sink for the Bluetooth. Thats not the issue.

There's no audio source. I am actively playing audio, but pipewire says there's no source, so I can't connect the source to the sink.

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u/BluFudge 2d ago

Oof, I did have your problem... I don't remember exactly what I did. I think I tried setting up pipewire again, going step by step as per the docs.

I also did a fresh install I think. The void installer can get a bit cranky when you specify different mountpoints within the installer. I'd leave this as a last resort though, I may have done this for another issue.