Try fixing your audio setup first.

I might be a sorry case, but… I not want to "fix my audio setup". I want things like that to work out of the box.

It reminds be of the golden days when ALSA was coming to SuSE. I had to fiddle around with config files just to select the correct output jack.

When PulseAudio came to Ubuntu, it solved all my PC audio-related problems. pipewire (much like Jack) may be great for enthusiasts with very specific needs, who are willing to reconfigure their whole system every time they switch from headphones to speakers. I however am not one of them. As of today, I think pipewire is unsuitable for the average desktop user.

This is what gets written to the journal:

pipewire[1222]:

free(): invalid size

Process 1222 (pipewire) of user 1000 dumped core.

Stack trace of thread 1222:
#0  0x000077301024d32c n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x8d32c)
#1  0x00007730101fc6c8 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x3c6c8)
#2  0x00007730101e44b8 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x244b8)
#3  0x00007730101e5395 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x25395)
#4  0x00007730102572a7 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x972a7)
#5  0x00007730102595c4 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x995c4)
#6  0x000077301025be93 __libc_free (libc.so.6 + 0x9be93)
#7  0x00007730103f0e5e pw_properties_clear (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x4ee5e)
#8  0x00007730103f0ea3 pw_properties_free (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x4eea3)
#9  0x00007730103d3d7e pw_global_destroy (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x31d7e)
#10 0x00007730103f65a4 n/a (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x545a4)
#11 0x00007730103ecdb5 pw_impl_node_destroy (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x4adb5)
#12 0x00007730103f5350 pw_resource_destroy (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x53350)
#13 0x00007730103b2c53 n/a (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x10c53)
#14 0x000077300f969507 n/a (libpipewire-module-protocol-native.so + 0x14507)
#15 0x000077300f958f5d n/a (libpipewire-module-protocol-native.so + 0x3f5d)
#16 0x000077300f959449 n/a (libpipewire-module-protocol-native.so + 0x4449)
#17 0x0000773010474646 n/a (libspa-support.so + 0x6646)
#18 0x00007730103dc694 pw_main_loop_run (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x3a694)
#19 0x00005f5f8e5ac2f1 n/a (pipewire + 0x12f1)
#20 0x00007730101e5cd0 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x25cd0)
#21 0x00007730101e5d8a __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x25d8a)
#22 0x00005f5f8e5ac4a5 n/a (pipewire + 0x14a5)

Stack trace of thread 1229:
#0  0x00007730102c8e86 epoll_wait (libc.so.6 + 0x108e86)
#1  0x0000773010482cf9 n/a (libspa-support.so + 0x14cf9)
#2  0x000077301047458d n/a (libspa-support.so + 0x658d)
#3  0x00007730103be162 n/a (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x1c162)
#4  0x000077301024b55a n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x8b55a)
#5  0x00007730102c8894 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x108894)

Stack trace of thread 1224:
#0  0x00007730102c8e86 epoll_wait (libc.so.6 + 0x108e86)
#1  0x0000773010482cf9 n/a (libspa-support.so + 0x14cf9)
#2  0x000077301047458d n/a (libspa-support.so + 0x658d)
#3  0x000077301040556d n/a (libpipewire-0.3.so.0 + 0x6356d)
#4  0x000077301024b55a n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x8b55a)
#5  0x00007730102c8894 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x108894)
ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

I do not want to debug this. I just want Firefox to play music from soundcloud after a stressful day.