Sound Stops working when I change applications
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560692/sound-stops-working-when-i-change-applications
G'day All,
I decided to ditch Windows as I'm now retired and no need to be part of Windows Enterprise BS.
I have a Lenovo Legion Pro 7 which I'm running Kubuntu 25.10 with an i9 processor and a NVIDIA RTX 4070 graphics card.
Everything has been working really well except that I have an issue with sound.
After a reboot, I can play a Youtube video on a Chrome browser and the sound works. If I start playing sound in another window or in Firefox there is no sound. If I go back to the original window, I lose the sound there as well.
I think this is an issue with Ubuntu 24.04+ as I tried Pop_OS 24.04 beta and had the same issue. If I use Pop_OS 22.04 I could not reproduce the issue.
Here is the sequence of events.
Immediately after reboot
chris@Zaphod:~$ pactl list short sinks 58 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 59 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 60 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 61 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 62 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-0 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 63 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 64 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 65 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 66 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDEDchris@Zaphod:~$
While Playing a Youtube video in Chrome - The Channel 62 is running
chris@Zaphod:~$ pactl list short sinks 58 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 59 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 60 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 61 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 62 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-0 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz RUNNING 63 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 64 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 65 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 66 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
Pausing the Youtube Video
chris@Zaphod:~$ pactl list short sinks 58 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 59 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 60 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 61 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 62 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-0 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 63 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 64 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 65 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 66 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
Play another video in Firefox - No Sound - Channel 59 is running
chris@Zaphod:~$ pactl list short sinks 58 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz RUNNING 59 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 60 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 61 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 62 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-0 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 63 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 64 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 65 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 66 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
I stop playing the video in Firefox and restart the video in Chrome - No Sound - Back to Channel 62
chris@Zaphod:~$ pactl list short sinks 58 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 59 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 60 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 61 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 62 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-0 PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz RUNNING 63 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-3 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 64 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-7 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 65 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-8 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED 66 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-9 PipeWire s32le 8ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
Any ideas on how I can fix this?
I haven't found anyone with a similar issue.
I could go to Kubuntu 22.04, as I think that works but I don't want to be stuck in the past.
Thanks in advance,
Chris