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Pipewire doesn't work on OpenRC

Pipewire does not work correctly in OpenRC distributions such as Artix Linux and Devuan. When attempting to share the screen via a browser or any WebRTC application (like Zoom), the system returns an error:
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Failed to start screencasting: Failed to connect PipeWire context
wpctl status returns an error:
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Could not connect to PipeWire
At the same time, the pipewire, pipewire-pulse, and wireplumber packages are installed. The pipewire-openrc package is also installed.
Is it possible to use Pipewire together with OpenRC? What settings need to be configured?
My system:
Distribution: Artix Linux
Init: OpenRC
DE: Plasma 6.4
Display server: Wayland

Re: Pipewire doesn't work on OpenRC

Reply #1 –
I don't use PW but have you installed and activated pipewire-openrc and pipewire-pulse-openrc?

Re: Pipewire doesn't work on OpenRC

Reply #2 –
I have used pipewire for a longer time as an early adopter til I ve found out that I am an alsa guy.
Pipewire with pulse audio and jack modules was stable running here for some years on several machines.
I think,  claiming that pipewire isn´t working correctly on openrc based systems is not smart.
What is making me wonder here:
One would think that an a desktop environment  like KDE comes with fully integrated ready to use audiostack (pipewire).

Re: Pipewire doesn't work on OpenRC

Reply #3 –
I don't use OpenRC, but i just wanted to mention that there are known problems with screen sharing and using things like Zoom etc, when using Wayland. I'm not saying that's the OP's problem, but it could be.... try using an X session instead and see if that works?

Re: Pipewire doesn't work on OpenRC

Reply #4 –
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rc-update add -U pipewire default
rc-update add -U pipewire-pulse default
rc-update add -U wireplumber default

Enables audio.