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Description of problem: I have noticed that sometimes, randomly, Fedora 38 Workstation starts with a 0% volume after login. Because I do a lot of LiveCD boots, I noticed this first when booting LiveCD frequently, usually the volume would be regular (non-zero), but sometimes 0%. I've now verified the same problem even on an install system, I kept rebooting and after some time it started with a 0% volume. I haven't yet seen the issue on my bare metal, but given how infrequently I reboot, I don't have a good sample set. So it definitely happens with VMs, unclear whether it also affects bare metal yet. I have captured a system journal after booting an installed system into the 0% volume state. It is attached. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): wireplumber-0.4.14-1.fc38.x86_64 pipewire-0.3.67-1.fc38.x86_64 pulseaudio-libs-16.1-4.fc38.x86_64 alsa-lib-1.2.8-3.fc38.x86_64 How reproducible: a race condition Steps to Reproduce: 1. reboot installed F38 Workstation over and over and eventually it boots with a 0% volume
Created attachment 1950255 [details] system journal
Created attachment 1950256 [details] package versions
Proposing for a blocker discussion.
Discussed during the 2023-03-13 blocker review meeting: [0] The decision to classify this bug as a "RejectedBlocker (Final)" and an "AcceptedFreezeException (Final)" was made as this isn't serious enough to be considered a criteria violation. The criterion says "The installed system must be able to play back sound with gstreamer-based applications"; if affected by this bug you can play sound, you just have to turn the volume up first. It is bad polish, though, so we grant an FE. [0] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-blocker-review/2023-03-13/f38-blocker-review.2023-03-13-16.00.txt