Bug 498661

Summary:	PlasmaPA-VolumeMeter streams are not freeing, resulting in permanent "speech-dispatcher-dummy" stream being present
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Alexey <alexinq6>
Component:	Audio Volume widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	isma.af, nate, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Patchbay output while "Audio Volume" is opened Patchbay output after "Audio Volume" has been closed

Description Alexey 2025-01-14 17:30:30 UTC

SUMMARY

"Audio Volume" applet creates PlasmaPA-VolumeMeter streams but after close one (?) persists.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open "Audio Volume" tray entry menu;
2. Close "Audio Volume" tray entry menu;
3. Return to step 1 if needed;
4. Open pavucontrol or some audio patchbay to observe result.

OBSERVED RESULT
Junk PlasmaPA-VolumeMeter streams.

EXPECTED RESULT
No junk PlasmaPA-VolumeMeter streams.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In my situation all "PlasmaPA-..." inputs are attached to "speech-dispatcher-dummy [playback]" node.

Comment 1 Alexey 2025-01-14 17:30:52 UTC

Created attachment 177350 [details]
Patchbay output while "Audio Volume" is opened

Comment 2 Alexey 2025-01-14 17:31:14 UTC

Created attachment 177351 [details]
Patchbay output after "Audio Volume" has been closed

Comment 3 Alexey 2025-01-14 17:32:25 UTC

I tried setting the "Component" to "plasma-pa" but couldn't figure out how to find it.

Comment 4 Nicolas Fella 2025-01-14 23:02:23 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 467117 ***