AV-Linux Enlightenment Pipewire Metadata Settings [Solved]

[pffftdwarf]

Hi,
I have a question about the "PW-Tools Metadata Settings" Tool. When I change settings there, they are not permanent. After a reboot they are reverted to "0" and I have to set them again.
Is that the default behavior or should they normally stay "where I left them"?
I have to mention that I switched back to XFCE as Desktop, is that maybe an issue here?

[siamhie]

Do you have a dual desktop setup booting to systemd by any chance?


Also, always include your QSI (Quick System Info) when asking for help. It helps to narrow down things.

[pffftdwarf]

Here's the QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.7.8-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.7-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.7.8-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro threadirqs quiet
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel, plank wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: AVL_MXE-23.1-20240115_x64 Enlightened January 15  2024 base: Debian
    GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation v: SBKPF
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8455 v: KBC Version 07.D2.00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: HP
    v: Q50 Ver. 01.08.08 date: 10/12/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 8 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10)
    microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3279 high: 4141 min/max: 800/3201 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3200 2: 3200 3: 3201 4: 3201 5: 3201 6: 3201
    7: 3201 8: 3201 9: 3201 10: 4141 11: 3201 12: 3201 bogomips: 76799
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106GL [Quadro P2000] driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 530.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DP-1,DP-2
    empty: DP-3,DP-4 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c30 class-ID: 0300 temp: 33.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1185x381mm (46.65x15.00")
    s-diag: 1245mm (49.01")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: Fujitsu Siemens B27-9 TE QHD serial: <filter>
    built: 2022 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: right model: Asus VX279 serial: <filter> built: 2014 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NV136 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: N/A alternate: snd_hda_intel pcie:
    bus-ID: 1-12:6 chip-ID: 1397:0508 gen: 1 class-ID: fe01 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: BEHRINGER GmbH UMC204HD 192k type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.8-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bb class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-13:7 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4020 bus-ID: 00:17.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.94 TiB used: 182.79 GiB (3.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 033
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EZRZ-00WN9B0 size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q
    scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdi maj-min: 8:128 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra Fit size: 28.64 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 88.48 GiB size: 86.03 GiB (97.24%) used: 19.98 GiB (23.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 204.49 GiB size: 200.23 GiB (97.91%) used: 15.81 GiB (7.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdd4 maj-min: 8:52
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 10.74 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb4
    maj-min: 8:20
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C pch: 33.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 33.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 2084
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2562 libs: 1450 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mirror.23m.com/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb https://mirror.23m.com/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list
    1: deb http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main
    2: deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main
Info:
  Processes: 501 Uptime: 44m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.23 GiB used: 1.64 GiB (5.2%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

I think you can name it a dual desktop, since i did not delete Enlightenment, or did I get you wrong here?
And yes, its booting into systemd.

[AVLinux]

Hi,

The metadata tool is in a very early iteration at this point and currently isn't persistent and has no conf file. I thought most often Users would probably want the PipeWire defaults for regular computer use and would see the tool as a dynamic 'as-needed' way when changes were required.

*Note that the "System Editor" in the Accessories menu gives access the the main PipeWire configs if you want to make permanent global changes there:

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[pffftdwarf]

Ah, good to know! Thanks for the Info!