On 1/30/22 02:23, David Runge wrote:
On January 30, 2022 4:37:26 AM GMT+01:00, Javier via arch-general 
<arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
I have a box, where I can login through SSH, start ncmpcpp to play something 
with mpd, and then logout, leaving the box playing music, but with no user 
logged in.  At times, I also want to start Xorg (eventually Wayland), and use 
pipewire for sound and even using bluetooth audio devices (easy with 
pipewire/pulse).

While logged in, I can use pipewire even in console.  But once logged out, 
sound is gone.  So pipewire doesn't really work headless by default, is there a 
way to make it work headless (no one logged in, and still having audio enabled 
and playing music for example), how so?

For your user@.service to remain running (and be automatically started during 
boot) you will want to enable linger [1].
This allows for your pipewire user service (which runs in the scope of your 
user's user@.service) to automatically run on boot and keep running without you 
having a session (which is the usual way for systemd to start your user's 
user@.service).

Best,
David

[1] 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User#Automatic_start-up_of_systemd_user_instances

Thanks !

--
Javier

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