Hey everybody, since updating my system yesterday morning and today, it seems I cannot get audio working for any software installed in Flatpak.
To give some examples:
- Audio from
firefox, installed natively works. - Audio from
discord, installed natively, works. - Audio from
org.jeffvli.feishin(music player), installed through Flatpak, will fail. - Graph in
io.github.dimtpap.coppwr(Pipewire graph manager), installed through Flatpak, will show an empty screen.
For instance, with io.github.dimtpap.coppwr:
I can also observe logs as such in software like Prism launcher (still installed through Flatpak):
Sep 18 18:52:37 tethys flatpak[11646]: ALSA lib ../../pulse/pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Timeout
So far, I tried to swap to an older Kernel version, resetting Pipewire configuration files and tweaking Flatpak permissions through Flatseal, but to no avail.
Would anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this?
Thanks.
System info:
inxi -Fzxx
~/ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 7.2.5-200.fc44.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 44 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU Firmware: UEFI
vendor: American Megatrends v: 3621 date: 01/13/2025
CPU:
Info: 16-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
rev: 2 cache: L1: 1024 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 64 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3370 min/max: 582/3401 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3370
2: 3370 3: 3370 4: 3370 5: 3370 6: 3370 7: 3370 8: 3370 9: 3370 10: 3370
11: 3370 12: 3370 13: 3370 14: 3370 15: 3370 16: 3370 17: 3370 18: 3370
19: 3370 20: 3370 21: 3370 22: 3370 23: 3370 24: 3370 25: 3370 26: 3370
27: 3370 28: 3370 29: 3370 30: 3370 31: 3370 32: 3370 bogomips: 217588
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900
XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] vendor: Tul / PowerColor driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-3 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-3,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c
Device-2: Microdia JP001 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 0c45:636b
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.13 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 4480x2520 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: bottom-l model: Samsung LC32G5xT res: 2560x1440
hz: 144 dpi: 93 diag: 806mm (31.7")
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: top-right model: VG279QM res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 82 diag: 686mm (27")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.2.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi navi31 ACO
DRM 3.64 7.2.5-200.fc44.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:744c display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:744c device: 1 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
Device-3: Razer USA BlackShark V3 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 1532:057a
Device-4: Microdia JP001 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 0c45:636b
API: ALSA v: k7.2.5-200.fc44.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.6.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [Filogic
330] vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961
IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-6bf38b21117f state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-ff7d65b729e0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.46 TiB used: 2.39 TiB (43.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 39.9 C
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S2000G size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 41.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 3.64 TiB used: 1.45 TiB (39.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: luks-c66a663d-cf5c-4f72-89e4-f2690d62c834
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 532.1 MiB (54.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 20 MiB (3.3%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-4: /home size: 3.64 TiB used: 1.45 TiB (39.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: luks-c66a663d-cf5c-4f72-89e4-f2690d62c834
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C
mem: 59.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 16
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.69 GiB
used: 12.47 GiB (19.9%)
Processes: 758 Power: uptime: 2h 26m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 259
default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 176
Compilers: clang: 22.1.8 alt: 18/19 gcc: 16.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: ghostty inxi: 3.3.41
systemctl --user status wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse
~/ systemctl --user status wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-09-19 09:49:35 EEST; 2h 27min ago
Invocation: c0803b6f29d245b6b741f46709fb3ddf
Main PID: 2980 (wireplumber)
Tasks: 10 (limit: 76915)
Memory: 8.4M (peak: 10.9M)
CPU: 6.864s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
└─2980 /usr/bin/wireplumber
Sep 19 10:20:44 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-properties: wp_properties_get: assertion 'self != NULL' failed
Sep 19 10:20:44 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-properties: wp_properties_get: assertion 'self != NULL' failed
Sep 19 10:20:44 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-properties: wp_properties_get: assertion 'self != NULL' failed
Sep 19 10:20:44 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b60c00> failed: failed to configure si-standard-link <WpSiStandardLink:0x5643e9f2e740>
Sep 19 10:36:25 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b60c00> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x5643e9ee4470> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Sep 19 10:43:23 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b6d210> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed
Sep 19 10:43:24 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b60c00> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x5643e9efdf60> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Sep 19 11:20:54 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b60c00> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x5643e9e71080> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Sep 19 11:29:43 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b6d210> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: PipeWire proxy destroyed
Sep 19 11:34:08 tethys wireplumber[2980]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x5643e9b60c00> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x5643e9f2a840> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service.d
└─00-uresourced.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-09-19 09:49:35 EEST; 2h 27min ago
Invocation: 20ea9992882342359eacf1c106dc96bb
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
Main PID: 2978 (pipewire)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 76915)
Memory: 16M (peak: 31.1M)
CPU: 13.699s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
└─2978 /usr/bin/pipewire
Sep 19 09:49:35 tethys systemd[2957]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.
● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-09-19 09:49:37 EEST; 2h 27min ago
Invocation: 2a8dc233010a4d3f922722e11297f534
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
Main PID: 4364 (pipewire-pulse)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 76915)
Memory: 23.2M (peak: 40.8M)
CPU: 35.612s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
└─4364 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
Sep 19 09:49:37 tethys systemd[2957]: Started pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio.
