Dummy Output

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OK, so that sounds like all the hardware and software is working, it’s just misconfigured somehow?

Does the output from wpctl status provide any hints about how the sound is or is not being routed? I don’t have a “Dummy” device is my list of output sinks.

$ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.4.9, glb@localhost, cookie:837440816]
 └─ Clients:
        32. xdg-desktop-portal                  [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:2134]
        33. WirePlumber                         [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:2243]
        36. xdg-desktop-portal-wlr              [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:2256]
        42. WirePlumber [export]                [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:2243]
        65. pipewire                            [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:2627]
        66. Google Chrome input                 [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:2613]
        67. kitty Terminal                      [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:6197]
        68. wpctl                               [1.4.9, glb@localhost, pid:22578]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      43. Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio Controller [alsa]
 │      44. Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1     [alsa]
 │      45. Built-in Audio                      [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  *   52. Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Analog Stereo [vol: 0.40]
 │      54. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo        [vol: 0.40]
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   53. Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Analog Stereo [vol: 1.00]
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Devices:
         0. Audio/Sink    alsa_output.usb-Creative_Technology_SB_X-Fi_Surround_5.1_000000Jw-00.analog-stereo
         1. Audio/Source  alsa_input.usb-Creative_Technology_SB_X-Fi_Surround_5.1_000000Jw-00.analog-stereo