commit: 255bc68147ae05db6eb8338f63edc1d9b8d33c42 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Jan 15 20:30:13 2026 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Jan 15 20:30:55 2026 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=255bc681
2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire: fix for pulseaudio daemon For the media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon case, we need to disable sound-server on pipewire too. Reported by i-garrison. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> .../2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire.en.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire.en.txt b/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire.en.txt index a6129c4..0fdd465 100644 --- a/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire.en.txt +++ b/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire/2026-01-15-desktop-profile-pipewire.en.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: Desktop Profile to enable PipeWire support Author: Ian Jordan <[email protected]> Posted: 2026-01-15 -Revision: 2 +Revision: 3 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/desktop Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/desktop/* @@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ Afterwards all that should be required is a reboot, however in the unlikely event of issues then check out how to configure PipeWire for your purposes. [1][2]. -In order to keep a previously configured PulseAudio only system, set +In order to keep a previously configured PulseAudio only system (i.e. keep +using media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon), set USE="-pipewire -screencast" in /etc/portage/make.conf +and + media-video/pipewire -sound-server in /etc/portage/package.use For an ALSA only system, set USE="-pipewire -pulseaudio -screencast" in /etc/portage/make.conf
