Subject: Qutebrowser 3, no sound from pipewire-only system

From: chris <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 08:43:23 -0800

Hello,

The latest qutebrowser v3 from this pipewire-only system has no sound. Related messages from the shell process pasted below include CJK characters which debbugs renders as "??", all CJK messages translate as "file or directory not found"
```
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[3003:3003:0116/083803.232761:ERROR:alsa_util.cc(204)] PcmOpen: default,そのようなファイルやディレクトリはありません
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[3003:3003:0116/083803.233758:ERROR:alsa_util.cc(204)] PcmOpen: plug:default,そのようなファイルやディレクトリはありません
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[3003:3003:0116/083808.743619:ERROR:alsa_util.cc(204)] PcmOpen: default,そのようなファイルやディレクトリはありません
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[3003:3003:0116/083808.744661:ERROR:alsa_util.cc(204)] PcmOpen: plug:default,そのようなファイルやディレクトリはありません
```

About a year ago, user @iyzsong enabled pipewire support at qutebrowser v2 for me and sound has been good here until today when qutebrowser v3 was installed.  iirc, a flag was enabled in qutebrowser or one of its dependencies.

Related: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68483, https://issues.guix.gnu.org/67289