Re: pipewire config

[Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>]

On Thu, 2023-03-02 at 09:44 -0500, Frank Carmickle wrote:

> Does anyone have pipewire running as a system service

Pipewire in Debian only has a per-user service:

   $ dpkg -L pipewire{,-pulse} | grep 'systemd.*\.'
   /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service
   /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket
   /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service
   /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket

That service has the root user disabled:

   $ dpkg -L pipewire{,-pulse} | grep 'systemd.*\.' | xargs -d '\n' grep -ih root
   ConditionUser=!root
   ConditionUser=!root
   ConditionUser=!root
   ConditionUser=!root

To override that, run this when logged in as root:

   systemctl --user edit pipewire{,-pulse}.{service,socket}

Then save this to each of the override files:

   [Unit]
   ConditionUser=

Then reload the systemd config and start the root user services:

   systemctl --user daemon-reload
   systemctl --user start pipewire{,-pulse}.{service,socket}

Then check that the services are running:

   systemctl --user is-active pipewire{,-pulse}.{service,socket}
   
Then if they aren't you can check for more details:

   systemctl --user status pipewire{,-pulse}.{service,socket}

-- 
bye,
pabs

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