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I am running an up to date Cauldron and the sound does not work.
inxi info

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[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# inxi -b
System:
  Host: BSKQuadCore Kernel: 6.2.2-desktop-2.mga9 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: MWM Distro: Mageia 9
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: N/A
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z97-A-USB31 v: Rev 1.xx serial: 150850429900453
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2501 date: 06/24/2015
CPU:
  Info: quad core Intel Core i5-4590 [MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 924
    min/max: 800/3700
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] driver: nouveau v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8 driver: X:
    loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.0.0 renderer: NV117
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-V driver: e1000e
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n type: USB driver: ath9k_htc
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 954.81 GiB used: 41.41 GiB (4.3%)
Info:
  Processes: 227 Uptime: 47m Memory: 7.71 GiB used: 2.17 GiB (28.1%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.25

The system claims that there are no input or output devices as shown in the image of the notifier popup.



The System Settings Audio section shows a blank screen.




I am following the dev email list and have tried some of the tricks mentioned in that thread to no avail. I added "snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0" to the default in grub:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet noiswmd resume=UUID=218fef6e-2e07-4279-a876-fa5accb2d1f3 audit=0 vga=788 snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=false
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=n
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Mageia
GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=auto
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=gfxterm
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10


That did not help at all.
The system does recognize the hardware as evidenced by lspci

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[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# lspcidrake -v | grep -i audio
snd_hda_intel   : NVIDIA Corporation|GM107 High Definition Audio Controller [GeForce 940MX] [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO_DEV] (vendor:10de device:0fbc subv:3842 subd:3753) (rev: a1)
snd_hda_intel   : Intel Corporation|9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO_DEV] (vendor:8086 device:8ca0 subv:1043 subd:860b)


The system is running pipewire with pulseaudio turned off:

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[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# inxi -Axx
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
    vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbc
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.2-desktop-2.mga9 running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.66 running: yes


I ran dnf swap as recommended in the wiki, but that did nothing.

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[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# dnf swap --allowerasing pulseaudio pipewire-pulseaudio
determining the fastest mirror (10 hosts).. done.   [===                                           ] ---  B/s |   0  B     --:-- ETA
Mageia Cauldron - x86_64                                                                             2.5 MB/s |  38 MB     00:14   
determining the fastest mirror (4 hosts).. done.    [         ===                                  ] ---  B/s |   0  B     --:-- ETA
Mageia Cauldron - x86_64 - Updates                                                                   101  B/s | 257  B     00:02   
google-chrome                                                                                         13 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00   
determining the fastest mirror (4 hosts).. done.    [                     ===                      ] ---  B/s |   0  B     --:-- ETA
Mageia 9 - x86_64                                                                                    3.4 MB/s |  38 MB     00:11   
determining the fastest mirror (4 hosts).. done.    [                                 ===          ] ---  B/s |   0  B     --:-- ETA
Mageia 9 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                          123  B/s | 257  B     00:02   
Package pipewire-pulseaudio-0.3.66-1.mga9.x86_64 is already installed.
No match for argument: pulseaudio
No packages marked for removal.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!


A few months ago this hardware was running Mga7 with no sound issues, so I don't think it is a hardware failure.

Anybody have any ideas about what to try next?

Thanks
Banjo
(_)=='=~

I had the same problem on my old Acer laptop. Finally gave up and switched to pulse audio and it works perfectly. As in your case, using pipewire it showed no input/output devices.

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[germ@localhost ~]$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.5-desktop-2.mga9 running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes


Thanks for the tip. I don't know much about the sound system. How do I switch to PulseAudio?

banjo wrote:How do I switch to PulseAudio?

Use the script, as described at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Pipewire

I attempted to use pa-switcher, but it will not install a bunch of packages.

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# urpmi pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm
Some requested packages cannot be installed:
drakx-net-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakx-net-applet-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakxtools-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
harddrake-ui-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
lib64yelp0-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-11.mga8.noarch (in order to keep perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch)
rpmdrake-6.32-1.mga8.noarch (in order to keep rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch)
userdrake-2.20-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64)
yelp-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) n


I am continuing to attempt to get the sound working on my mga9 system.

I attempted once again to install pa-switcher, and this time I ignored the warnings and plowed ahead to see what would happen.

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# urpmi pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm
Some requested packages cannot be installed:
drakx-net-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakx-net-applet-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakxtools-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
harddrake-ui-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
lib64yelp0-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-11.mga8.noarch (in order to keep perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch)
rpmdrake-6.32-1.mga8.noarch (in order to keep rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch)
userdrake-2.20-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64)
yelp-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)
The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded:
drakconf-13.27-5.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(Gtk3::WebKit2),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to missing drakxtools,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3))
drakguard-1.8-2.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 10.22,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakx-net >= 0.41)
drakx-finish-install-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools == 18.56-1.mga9)
drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16)
drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakx-net == 2.56-1.mga9)
drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing perl(Gtk3::WebKit2),
  due to missing drakx-net)
harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools == 18.56-1.mga9)
lib64webkit2gtk-gir4.1-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit),
  due to unsatisfied lib64webkit2gtk4.1_0 == 2.38.5-1.mga9)
lib64webkit2gtk4.1_0-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied webkit2gtk4.1 >= 2.38.5)
lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit),
  due to unsatisfied yelp == 42.2-1.mga9)
mgaonline-3.31-3.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(Rpmdrake::open_db))
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied typelib(WebKit2) == 4.1)
rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16.2,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3))
userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3))
webkit2-driver-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to conflicts with webkit2[< 2.38.5-1.mga9])
webkit2gtk4.1-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied webkit2-driver >= 2.38.5-1.mga9,
  due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit))
yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)) (y/N) y
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch   
(medium "Core Release")
  icu69-data                     69.1         1.mga9        noarch 
  lib64icu69                     69.1         1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64javascriptcoregtk4.0_18   2.34.2       1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64webkit2gtk4.0_37          2.34.2       1.mga9        x86_64 
  webkit2                        2.34.2       1.mga9        x86_64 
  zenity                         3.32.0       2.mga8        x86_64 
(command line)
  pa-switcher                    0.0.5        1.mga9        noarch 
46MB of additional disk space will be used.
37MB of packages will be retrieved.
Proceed with the installation of the 7 packages? (Y/n)


SECURITY: The following package is _NOT_ signed (OK ((none))): pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm
installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/zenity-3.32.0-2.mga8.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/lib64javascriptcoregtk4.0_18-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64.rpm
pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm
/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/lib64webkit2gtk4.0_37-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/lib64icu69-69.1-1.mga9.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/webkit2-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64.rpm
/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/icu69-data-69.1-1.mga9.noarch.rpm
Installation failed:    yelp is needed by (installed) simple-scan-42.5-1.mga9.x86_64
While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.
Some requested packages cannot be installed:
drakx-net-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakx-net-applet-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakxtools-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
harddrake-ui-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
lib64yelp0-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-11.mga8.noarch (in order to keep perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch)
rpmdrake-6.32-1.mga8.noarch (in order to keep rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch)
userdrake-2.20-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64)
yelp-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
Continue installation anyway?
[root@BSKQuadCore:/home/brian/apps/pa-switcher]#

So the installation failed, as predicted.

I tried a manual installation as described in https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31507, which amounts to copying the two scripts into /usr/local/bin.

Then I tried to run the pa-switcher script.

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[brian@BSKQuadCore ~/apps/pa-switcher]$ which pa-switcher
/usr/local/bin/pa-switcher
[brian@BSKQuadCore ~/apps/pa-switcher]$ pa-switcher
/usr/bin/zenity not installed, please install the zenity package
[brian@BSKQuadCore ~/apps/pa-switcher]$

I tried to install zenity in the MCC, and it also threw errors and failed to install.

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[brian@BSKQuadCore ~/apps/pa-switcher]$ ./pa-switcher
/usr/bin/zenity not installed, please install the zenity package

Install zenity

To satisfy dependencies, the following package(s) also need to be installed:

- icu69-data-69.1-1.mga9.noarch
- lib64icu69-69.1-1.mga9.x86_64
- lib64javascriptcoregtk4.0_18-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64
- lib64webkit2gtk4.0_37-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64
- webkit2-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64

46MB of additional disk space will be used.

The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded:
drakconf-13.27-5.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(Gtk3::WebKit2),
  due to missing drakxtools,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3))
drakguard-1.8-2.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 10.22,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakx-net >= 0.41)
drakx-finish-install-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools == 18.56-1.mga9)
drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16)
drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakx-net == 2.56-1.mga9)
drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing perl(Gtk3::WebKit2),
  due to missing drakx-net)
harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools == 18.56-1.mga9)
lib64webkit2gtk-gir4.1-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied lib64webkit2gtk4.1_0 == 2.38.5-1.mga9,
  due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit))
lib64webkit2gtk4.1_0-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied webkit2gtk4.1 >= 2.38.5)
lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit),
  due to unsatisfied yelp == 42.2-1.mga9)
mgaonline-3.31-3.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(interactive::gtk),
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to missing perl(Rpmdrake::open_db))
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied typelib(WebKit2) == 4.1)
rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16.2,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3))
userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3))
webkit2-driver-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to conflicts with webkit2[< 2.38.5-1.mga9])
webkit2gtk4.1-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied webkit2-driver >= 2.38.5-1.mga9,
  due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit))
yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit))

The following 6 packages are going to be installed:

- icu69-data-69.1-1.mga9.noarch
- lib64icu69-69.1-1.mga9.x86_64
- lib64javascriptcoregtk4.0_18-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64
- lib64webkit2gtk4.0_37-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64
- webkit2-2.34.2-1.mga9.x86_64
- zenity-3.32.0-2.mga8.x86_64

46MB of additional disk space will be used.

37MB of packages will be retrieved.

Is it ok to continue?


1 installation transactions failed

There was a problem during the installation:

yelp is needed by (installed) simple-scan-42.5-1.mga9.x86_64



Apparently, I cannot get any of this to work.

I still do not have sound, and pa-switcher is DOA.

I am somewhat surprised at the switch to pipewire as the default sound system when it does not work and is extremely difficult to get rid of.

If I were installing mga9 on my operational computer, this would be a show-stopper problem. The computer I am installing this on is my experimental system, so it isn't that important right now. Is this going to be fixed prior to the official mga9 release?

Are there any other ideas about how I can get the sound to work? The wiki has the details about how to go from pulseaudio to pipwire, but not how to go the other way.

Still digging around trying to figure out why there is no sound.

According to the wiki, pipewire and pipewire-pulse are daemons. So I thought I would look to see if they are running.

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[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# systemctl --type=service --state=running
  UNIT                     LOAD   ACTIVE SUB     DESCRIPTION                                   
  acpid.service            loaded active running ACPI Event Daemon
  alsa-state.service       loaded active running Manage Sound Card State (restore and store)
  avahi-daemon.service     loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
  chronyd.service          loaded active running NTP client/server
  crond.service            loaded active running Command Scheduler
  cups.service             loaded active running CUPS Scheduler
  dbus.service             loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
  gpm.service              loaded active running Console Mouse manager
  irqbalance.service       loaded active running irqbalance daemon
  ModemManager.service     loaded active running Modem Manager
  NetworkManager.service   loaded active running Network Manager
  partimaged.service       loaded active running LSB: Partition Image Server
  polkit.service           loaded active running Authorization Manager
  preload.service          loaded active running LSB: Adaptive readahead daemon
  rtkit-daemon.service     loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service
  sddm.service             loaded active running Simple Desktop Display Manager
  sensord.service          loaded active running Sensor Information Logging
  smb.service              loaded active running Samba SMB Daemon
  sshd.service             loaded active running OpenSSH server daemon
  systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
  systemd-logind.service   loaded active running User Login Management
  systemd-udevd.service    loaded active running Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files
  udisks2.service          loaded active running Disk Manager
  upower.service           loaded active running Daemon for power management
  user@1001.service        loaded active running User Manager for UID 1001
  wpa_supplicant.service   loaded active running WPA Supplicant daemon
  xinetd.service           loaded active running Xinetd A Powerful Replacement For Inetd

LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
27 loaded units listed.
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It looks like they are not. So I thought that I would check on their status.

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[root@BSKQuadCore:/home/brian/Mageia9/SoundFailure]# systemctl status pipewire
Unit pipewire.service could not be found.
[root@BSKQuadCore:/home/brian/Mageia9/SoundFailure]# systemctl status pipewire-pulse
Unit pipewire-pulse.service could not be found.

They apparently don't exist. And yet, according to inxi, PipeWire is running.

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# inxi -Axx
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
    vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbc
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.2-desktop-2.mga9 running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.66 running: yes


So I looked at all the services, regardless of state.

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# systemctl --type=service
  UNIT                                                                                      LOAD   ACTIVE SUB     DESCRIPTION       >
  acpid.service                                                                             loaded active running ACPI Event Daemon
  alsa-state.service                                                                        loaded active running Manage Sound Card >
  avahi-daemon.service                                                                      loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD >
  chronyd.service                                                                           loaded active running NTP client/server
  crond.service                                                                             loaded active running Command Scheduler
  cups.service                                                                              loaded active running CUPS Scheduler
  dbus.service                                                                              loaded active running D-Bus System Messa>
  dracut-shutdown.service                                                                   loaded active exited  Restore /run/initr>
  gpm.service                                                                               loaded active running Console Mouse mana>
  irqbalance.service                                                                        loaded active running irqbalance daemon
  kmod-static-nodes.service                                                                 loaded active exited  Create List of Sta>
  lm_sensors.service                                                                        loaded active exited  Initialize hardwar>
  lvm2-monitor.service                                                                      loaded active exited  Monitoring of LVM2>
  mandriva-everytime.service                                                                loaded active exited  Reconfigure the sy>
  mdmonitor-takeover.service                                                                loaded active exited  Software RAID Moni>
  ModemManager.service                                                                      loaded active running Modem Manager
  msec.service                                                                              loaded active exited  LSB: Enables MSEC >
● network.service                                                                           loaded failed failed  LSB: Bring up/down>
  NetworkManager-wait-online.service                                                        loaded active exited  Network Manager Wa>
  NetworkManager.service                                                                    loaded active running Network Manager
  partimaged.service                                                                        loaded active running LSB: Partition Ima>
  plymouth-quit-wait.service                                                                loaded active exited  Hold until boot pr>
  plymouth-quit.service                                                                     loaded active exited  Terminate Plymouth>
  plymouth-read-write.service                                                               loaded active exited  Tell Plymouth To W>
  plymouth-start.service                                                                    loaded active exited  Show Plymouth Boot>
  polkit.service                                                                            loaded active running Authorization Mana>
  preload.service                                                                           loaded active running LSB: Adaptive read>
  rtkit-daemon.service                                                                      loaded active running RealtimeKit Schedu>
  sddm.service                                                                              loaded active running Simple Desktop Dis>
  sensord.service                                                                           loaded active running Sensor Information>
  shorewall.service                                                                         loaded active exited  Shorewall IPv4 fir>
  shorewall6.service                                                                        loaded active exited  Shorewall IPv6 fir>
  smb.service                                                                               loaded active running Samba SMB Daemon
  sshd.service                                                                              loaded active running OpenSSH server dae>
  systemd-fsck-root.service                                                                 loaded active exited  File System Check >
  systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-098d5e53\x2df57b\x2d4910\x2da47f\x2d601cc10fab6b.service loaded active exited  File System Check >
  systemd-journal-flush.service                                                             loaded active exited  Flush Journal to P>
  systemd-journald.service                                                                  loaded active running Journal Service
  systemd-logind.service                                                                    loaded active running User Login Managem>
  systemd-modules-load.service                                                              loaded active exited  Load Kernel Modules
  systemd-random-seed.service                                                               loaded active exited  Load/Save Random S>
  systemd-remount-fs.service                                                                loaded active exited  Remount Root and K>
  systemd-sysctl.service                                                                    loaded active exited  Apply Kernel Varia>
  systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service                                                        loaded active exited  Create Static Devi>
  systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service                                                            loaded active exited  Create Volatile Fi>
  systemd-udev-settle.service                                                               loaded active exited  Wait for udev To C>
  systemd-udev-trigger.service                                                              loaded active exited  Coldplug All udev >
  systemd-udevd.service                                                                     loaded active running Rule-based Manager>
  systemd-update-utmp.service                                                               loaded active exited  Record System Boot>
  systemd-user-sessions.service                                                             loaded active exited  Permit User Sessio>
  systemd-vconsole-setup.service                                                            loaded active exited  Setup Virtual Cons>
  udisks2.service                                                                           loaded active running Disk Manager
  upower.service                                                                            loaded active running Daemon for power m>
  user-runtime-dir@1001.service                                                             loaded active exited  User Runtime Direc>
  user@1001.service                                                                         loaded active running User Manager for U>
  wpa_supplicant.service                                                                    loaded active running WPA Supplicant dae>
  xinetd.service                                                                            loaded active running Xinetd A Powerful >

LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
57 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.

No pipewire in there.

I must be missing something.

banjo wrote:...but it will not install a bunch of packages.

Start by fixing that, then try the script.

Please show the output of

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systemctl --all | grep -iE "pulse|pipe"

- you only queried for running services and services, e.g. socket units would not be included in your output.

Here it is.

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[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# systemctl --all | grep -iE "pulse|pipe"
  systemd-initctl.socket                                                                    loaded    active   listening initctl Compatibility Named Pipe


AFAICT pipewire is contained in the package with the same name and it ships, among others

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-rw-r--r--   1002   root   root   /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service
-rw-r--r--   136   root   root   /usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket

What do you currently have installed ?

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rpm -qa | grep -iE "pulse|pipewire"

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$ rpm -qa | grep -iE "pulse|pipewire"
alsa-plugins-pulse-config-1.2.7.1-2.mga9
lib64alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.2.7.1-2.mga9
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.18-2.mga9
gstreamer1.0-pulse-1.22.0-1.mga9
task-pipewire-9-2.mga9
lib64kf5pulseaudioqt_3-1.3-3.mga9
pipewire-0.3.66-1.mga9
lib64pipewire0.3_0-0.3.66-1.mga9
pipewire-utils-0.3.66-1.mga9
pipewire-module-x11-0.3.66-1.mga9
pipewire-pulseaudio-0.3.66-1.mga9
gstreamer1.0-pipewire-0.3.66-1.mga9
lib64pulsecommon16.1-16.1-13.mga9
pulseaudio-client-config-16.1-13.mga9
lib64pulseaudio0-16.1-13.mga9
lib64pulseglib20-16.1-13.mga9
lib64pulseaudio-devel-16.1-13.mga9
pulseaudio-utils-16.1-13.mga9
lib64pulsecore16.1-16.1-13.mga9
kpipewire-5.27.2-1.mga9
lib64kpipewire5-5.27.2-1.mga9
lib64kpipewiredmabuf5-5.27.2-1.mga9
lib64kpipewirerecord5-5.27.2-1.mga9

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[root@BSKQuadCore:/usr/lib/systemd/user]# ls | grep pipewire
pipewire-pulse.service
pipewire-pulse.socket
pipewire.service
pipewire.socket


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[root@BSKQuadCore:/usr/lib/systemd/user]# systemctl status pipewire
Unit pipewire.service could not be found.


Where does systemctl look for the service?

The script worked, I ran it twice.

I tried everything I could think of to get the script to install, and I could not get past the errors. There appears to be an incompatibility with the packages, and my system will not install it.

See my post of March 13 to see what I have tried so far to get the script working.

At this point, I think there may be a problem in pipewire, and it would be interesting to trouble shoot what is going on. If a clean install of Mag9 causes sound to fail with all these headaches, that might be a concern for the release.

You have a broken system as can be seen on your output from 13th. It is not even related to pipewire or pa-switcher or whatever. The output should already have given you this hint and as cauldron user you should be able to interprete this basic terminal output.

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Some requested packages cannot be installed:
drakx-net-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakx-net-applet-2.55-2.mga9.noarch (in order to keep drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch)
drakxtools-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
harddrake-ui-18.45-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64)
lib64yelp0-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-11.mga8.noarch (in order to keep perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch)
rpmdrake-6.32-1.mga8.noarch (in order to keep rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch)
userdrake-2.20-2.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64)
yelp-40.3-1.mga9.x86_64 (in order to keep yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)
The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded:
drakconf-13.27-5.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(Gtk3::WebKit2),
  due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to missing drakxtools,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3))
drakguard-1.8-2.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 10.22,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakx-net >= 0.41)
drakx-finish-install-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools == 18.56-1.mga9)
drakx-net-2.56-1.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16)
drakx-net-applet-2.56-1.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied drakx-net == 2.56-1.mga9)
drakxtools-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing perl(Gtk3::WebKit2),
  due to missing drakx-net)
harddrake-ui-18.56-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied drakxtools == 18.56-1.mga9)
lib64webkit2gtk-gir4.1-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit),
  due to unsatisfied lib64webkit2gtk4.1_0 == 2.38.5-1.mga9)
lib64webkit2gtk4.1_0-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied webkit2gtk4.1 >= 2.38.5)
lib64yelp0-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit),
  due to unsatisfied yelp == 42.2-1.mga9)
mgaonline-3.31-3.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to missing perl(ugtk3),
  due to missing perl(Rpmdrake::open_db))
perl-Gtk3-WebKit2-0.60.0-16.mga9.noarch
 (due to unsatisfied typelib(WebKit2) == 4.1)
rpmdrake-6.32-2.mga9.noarch
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16.2,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3))
userdrake-2.20-4.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing perl(mygtk3),
  due to unsatisfied drakxtools >= 16,
  due to missing perl(ugtk3))
webkit2-driver-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to conflicts with webkit2[< 2.38.5-1.mga9])
webkit2gtk4.1-2.38.5-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to unsatisfied webkit2-driver >= 2.38.5-1.mga9,
  due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit))
yelp-42.2-1.mga9.x86_64
 (due to missing libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)) (y/N) y
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch   
(medium "Core Release")
  icu69-data                     69.1         1.mga9        noarch
  lib64icu69                     69.1         1.mga9        x86_64
  lib64javascriptcoregtk4.0_18   2.34.2       1.mga9        x86_64
  lib64webkit2gtk4.0_37          2.34.2       1.mga9        x86_64
  webkit2                        2.34.2       1.mga9        x86_64
  zenity                         3.32.0       2.mga8        x86_64
(command line)
  pa-switcher                    0.0.5        1.mga9        noarch

You have an inconsistent broken system, maybe due to disabled or broken repos.
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urpmq --list-media active --list-url

As cauldron user it is recommended to use a fixed tier 1 mirror to avoid problems with not properly synced mirrors...
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urpmi --auto-update --auto --force

pa-switcher installs just fine on an properly updated cauldron system:

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[root@caul ~]# LANG=C urpmi /home/caul/Downloads/pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm


SECURITY: The following package is _NOT_ signed (OK ((none))): /home/caul/Downloads/pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm
installing pa-switcher-0.0.5-1.mga9.noarch.rpm from /home/caul/Downloads
Preparing...                     ################################################################################################################
      1/1: pa-switcher           ################################################################################################################
[root@caul ~]#


I don't know what might have broken the system. I installed the alpha version and then did the updates. I haven't even installed many of the apps yet, much less fooled around with the system.

Here is the media list.

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[brian@BSKQuadCore ~]$ urpmq --list-media active --list-url
Core Release https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/release
Core Updates https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/updates
Nonfree Release https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree Updates https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates
google-chrome http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
[brian@BSKQuadCore ~]$

The system got those out of Mirror List except for the Google Chrome, which I added myself.

When did you last run a full update via urpmi --auto-update without errors ?

Yesterday, March 14 at 3:05 PM Eastern Time Zone U.S.A.

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[brian@BSKQuadCore ~]$ su
Password:
[root@BSKQuadCore:~]# urpmi --auto-update
medium "Core Release" is up-to-date
medium "Core Updates" is up-to-date
medium "Nonfree Release" is up-to-date
medium "Nonfree Updates" is up-to-date
medium "google-chrome" is up-to-date
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch   
(medium "Core Release")
  autocorr-en                    7.5.1.2      1.mga9        noarch 
  cpupower                       6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
  dracut                         057          4.mga9        x86_64 
  fuse-common                    3.14.0       1.mga9        noarch 
  fuse3                          3.14.0       1.mga9        x86_64 
  gcc                            12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  gcc-c++                        12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  gcc-cpp                        12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  gcc-plugins                    12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  gnutls                         3.8.0        2.mga9        x86_64 
  grep                           3.9          1.mga9        x86_64 
  kernel-desktop                 6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
  kernel-desktop-latest          6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
  kernel-userspace-headers       6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64alsa2                     1.2.8        9.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64alsa2-devel               1.2.8        9.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64bpf1                      6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64de265_0                   1.0.11       1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64fuse3_3                   3.14.0       1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64gnutls-dane0              3.8.0        2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64gnutls-devel              3.8.0        2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64gnutls30                  3.8.0        2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64gnutlsxx30                3.8.0        2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64heif1                     1.15.1       2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64kf5plasma5                5.104.0      2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64kf5plasmaquick5           5.104.0      2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64openssl-devel             3.0.8        1.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64openssl3                  3.0.8        1.mga9        x86_64 
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  lib64speechd2                  0.11.4       2.mga9        x86_64 
  lib64ttspico1                  20220603     2.mga9        x86_64 
  libalsa-data                   1.2.8        9.mga9        noarch 
  libatomic1                     12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libde265                       1.0.11       1.mga9        x86_64 
  libgcc1                        12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libgfortran5                   12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libgomp-devel                  12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libgomp1                       12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libheif                        1.15.1       2.mga9        x86_64 
  libobjc4                       12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libquadmath0                   12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libreoffice-calc               7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-core               7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-data               7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-draw               7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-graphicfilter      7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-gtk3               7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-help-en            7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-impress            7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-kf5                7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-langpack-en        7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-math               7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-ogltrans           7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts   7.5.1.2      1.mga9        noarch 
  libreoffice-pdfimport          7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-pyuno              7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-ure                7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-ure-common         7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libreoffice-writer             7.5.1.2      1.mga9        x86_64 
  libstdc++-devel                12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libstdc++-python-devel         12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  libstdc++6                     12.2.1       0.20230311.1> x86_64 
  openssl                        3.0.8        1.mga9        x86_64 
  plasma-framework               5.104.0      2.mga9        x86_64 
  sox                            14.4.3       0.git2021050> x86_64 
  speech-dispatcher              0.11.4       2.mga9        x86_64 
  speech-dispatcher-conf         0.11.4       2.mga9        x86_64 
  task-obsolete                  9            100.mga9      noarch 
(medium "Nonfree Release")
  iwlwifi-firmware               20230310     1.mga9.nonfr> noarch 
  kernel-firmware-nonfree        20230310     1.mga9.nonfr> noarch 
  radeon-firmware                20230310     1.mga9.nonfr> noarch 
  ralink-firmware                20230310     1.mga9.nonfr> noarch 
  rtlwifi-firmware               20230310     1.mga9.nonfr> noarch 
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565MB of packages will be retrieved.
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You should restart your computer for kernel-desktop
[root@BSKQuadCore:~]#



First: you have done a beginner mistake by using "su" instead of "su -"
Have a read: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Never_use_just_su

Second: you are still using mirrorlist instead of a defined mirror.

Third: If your output from 13th still applies you have still problems on your system. It tries to install zenity-3.32.0-2.mga8.x86_64 instead of the MGA9 version. Wut?

As already said: on a properly maintained (not broken with su and other stuff) up to date cauldron system, pa-switcher installs fine.

I'd use a tier 1 mirror. Kernel is up to 6.2.6 now and I noticed it installed 6.2.2

Germ wrote:I'd use a tier 1 mirror.

Yep, this is what i already mentioned. As cauldron user this should be known as it is mentioned on the wiki site...

But the last output from banjo shows that it installs kernel 6.2.6

There is still something fishy with this system. The output from March 13th shows that it tries to install zenity from MGA8 instead the actual MGA9 package...

First: you have done a beginner mistake by using "su" instead of "su -"

I have aliased "su" to "su --login" so that I don't have to type in all that stuff every time I run it. What is running when I type "su" is "su --login".

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[brian@BSKQuadCore ~]$ alias
alias cd..='cd ..'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias d='ls'
alias df='df -h -x supermount'
alias du='du -h'
alias egrep='egrep --color'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color'
alias grep='grep -i'
alias home='cd ~'
alias l='ls'
alias la='ls -a'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias locate='locate -ib'
alias ls='ls --color=never'
alias lsd='ls -d */'
alias mag9='cd /home/brian/Mageia9'
alias mc='. /usr/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh'
alias md='mkdir'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias p='cd -'
alias rd='rmdir'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias rust='cd ~/rust'
alias s='cd ..'
alias su='su --login'
alias up='cd ../'


I did not notice that it tried to install a mag8 version of zenity. I installed it from the MCC. I just opened the MCC and there it is, zenity 3.32.0 2.mga8.



The other applications show up as mga9.



Very strange. That could explain why the pa-switcher isn't installing. If the MCC has mga8 zenity instead of mga9 where do I get the mga9 version? Is this a problem with the mirror that I am using?

I'd use a tier 1 mirror. Kernel is up to 6.2.6 now and I noticed it installed 6.2.2

I looked at my log for my most recent update, and it installed 6.2.6.

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kernel-desktop                 6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
kernel-desktop-latest          6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 
kernel-userspace-headers       6.2.6        1.mga9        x86_64 


I don't know where you saw that it installed 6.2.2.

Suggestion for a better mirror?

I am not aware of which mirrors are tier 1 mirrors. Please educate me. I am trying to learn how this system is stitched together.

banjo wrote:I am not aware of which mirrors are tier 1 mirrors. Please educate me. I am trying to learn how this system is stitched together.

Have a look at https://mirrors.mageia.org/ - everything that has rsync.mageia.org as source is a tier 1 mirror.
For some other information, also check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mirrors_poli ... al_sources

doktor5000,

Thanks for the link to the mirrors page. I had misplaced it. It is now bookmarked again.

Since my system is using https://mirrors.mageia.org/mirrors/mirr ... nceton.edu it looks like I am using a tier 1 mirror after all.

I have no clue why the zenity mga8 would show up in the repository, or where I might get the mga9 version.

I did notice that I have not enabled the tainted repository. Maybe that would cause an issue with the sound system. I am guessing.

At this point I am more interested in finding out how it works and what is wrong with it than I am in getting the sound to work.

The search goes on.

Old Unix aphorism: "As ye fool around, so shall ye learn".

doktor5000 wrote:Have a look at https://mirrors.mageia.org/ - everything that has rsync.mageia.org as source is a tier 1 mirror.

That diagram is partly broken. ftp.acc.umu.se have no input arrow.
( I know it updates quickly, probably a tier one, and i think an earlier version of that page showed it so)

And text describe red and blue arrows - all i can see are black.

For some other information, also check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mirrors_poli ... al_sources

Also see https://mirrors.mageia.org/status to see when a mirror was last updated.
(note that when there is no update for long, all mirrors may look "old")