pipewire: Use recommended driver and session priorities

[DemiMarie]

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/issues/829#note_3027666 has details.

[qubesos-bot]

OpenQA test summary

Complete test suite and dependencies: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2025080604-4.3&flavor=pull-requests

Test run included the following:

• Add Arch packaging qubes-core-admin-client#332 (QubesOS/qubes-core-admin-client@40487bc)
• Add threshold preload feature qubes-core-admin-client#377 (QubesOS/qubes-core-admin-client@59d1f19)
• Add disposable performance benchmark qubes-core-admin#708 (QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@b14f6f8)
• Add available memory threshold to preload event qubes-core-admin#710 (QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@6c3c634)
• Skip memory assignment on domain still starting qubes-core-admin#712 (QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@e3b4d42)
• boot: move qubes-serial-login to /usr/bin qubes-core-agent-linux#600 (QubesOS/qubes-core-agent-linux@5722022)
• Optimize SVG icons qubes-desktop-linux-manager#265 (QubesOS/qubes-desktop-linux-manager@73d25af)
• Add preload memory threshold spin button qubes-desktop-linux-manager#272 (QubesOS/qubes-desktop-linux-manager@dd2b3a9)
• Optimize SVG icons qubes-desktop-linux-menu#57 (QubesOS/qubes-desktop-linux-menu@aa4fdf6)
• Recent applications and favorites sorting qubes-desktop-linux-menu#61 (QubesOS/qubes-desktop-linux-menu@79e86b6)
• pipewire: Use recommended driver and session priorities #242 (1dcee27)
• Unbind Xen VGA adapter from bochs-drm on boot #243 (94e1ef1)
• Revert to simpler fix for not realized windows #244 (3d00bd5)
• Ignore RemoteVM for now qubes-manager#398 (QubesOS/qubes-manager@679eff4)
• rpm: build and package debug hypervisor qubes-vmm-xen#170 (QubesOS/qubes-vmm-xen@24e16a6)
• Update to 6.12 qubes-xscreensaver#19 (QubesOS/qubes-xscreensaver@e34e813)

New failures, excluding unstable

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2025061004-4.3&flavor=update

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-gateway-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^... AssertionError: 0 == 0

• system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

  • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
  • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'windows-Edge-address-...

• system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13

  • windows_install: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
    # wait_serial expected: qr/qDqV_-\d+-/...

  • windows_install: Failed (test died + timed out)
    # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...

• system_tests_dispvm_perf@hw7

  • TC_00_DispVMPerf_debian-12-xfce: test_407_dispvm_preload_gui_concurrent_api (failure)
    AssertionError: '/usr/lib/qubes/tests/dispvm_perf.py --dvm=test-ins...

Failed tests

9 failures

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-gateway-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^... AssertionError: 0 == 0

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : Timeout waiting for /dev/video0 in test-in...

• system_tests_kde_gui_interactive

  • gui_keyboard_layout: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
    # wait_serial expected: "echo -e '[Layout]\nLayoutList=us,de' | sud...

  • gui_keyboard_layout: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: command 'test "$(cd ~user;ls e1*)" = "$(qvm-run -p wor...

• system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

  • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
  • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'windows-Edge-address-...

• system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13

  • windows_install: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
    # wait_serial expected: qr/qDqV_-\d+-/...

  • windows_install: Failed (test died + timed out)
    # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...

• system_tests_dispvm_perf@hw7

  • TC_00_DispVMPerf_debian-12-xfce: test_407_dispvm_preload_gui_concurrent_api (failure)
    AssertionError: '/usr/lib/qubes/tests/dispvm_perf.py --dvm=test-ins...

Fixed failures

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/142375#dependencies

10 fixed

• system_tests_splitgpg

  • TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_000_send_receive_default (failure)
    dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...

  • TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_send_receive_inline_signed_only (failure)
    dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...

  • TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_020_send_receive_inline_with_attachment (failure)
    dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_000_send_receive_default (failure)
    dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...

  • TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_send_receive_inline_signed_only (failure)
    dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...

  • TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_020_send_receive_inline_with_attachment (failure)
    dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...

• system_tests_audio

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_debian-12-xfce: test_252_audio_playback_audiovm_switch_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: only silence detected, no useful audio data

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17: test_225_audio_rec_unmuted_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 7.95233560090703...

• system_tests_guivm_vnc_gui_interactive

  • simple_gui_apps: unnamed test (unknown)
  • simple_gui_apps: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'vm-settings-applicati...

Unstable tests

Performance Tests

Performance degradation:

9 performance degradations

• debian-12-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 74.46 🔺 ( previous job: 65.51, degradation: 113.65%)
• debian-12-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 84.31 🔺 ( previous job: 70.01, degradation: 120.43%)
• dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 13726.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 17102.00, degradation: 80.26%)
• dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 524.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 1091.00, degradation: 48.03%)
• dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 14.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 1840.00, degradation: 0.76%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 61207.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 289182.00, degradation: 21.17%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 78728.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 122848.00, degradation: 64.09%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 5543.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 8874.00, degradation: 62.46%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 3403.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 4420.00, degradation: 76.99%)

Remaining performance tests:

164 tests

• debian-12-xfce_exec: 6.91 🟢 ( previous job: 8.63, improvement: 80.04%)
• debian-12-xfce_exec-root: 27.96 🟢 ( previous job: 29.44, improvement: 94.98%)
• debian-12-xfce_socket: 7.90 🟢 ( previous job: 8.50, improvement: 92.97%)
• debian-12-xfce_socket-root: 8.38 🔺 ( previous job: 8.31, degradation: 100.81%)
• debian-12-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 70.88 🟢 ( previous job: 73.55, improvement: 96.38%)
• debian-12-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 157.66 🟢 ( previous job: 161.35, improvement: 97.71%)
• fedora-42-xfce_exec: 9.04
• fedora-42-xfce_exec-root: 60.22
• fedora-42-xfce_socket: 8.59
• fedora-42-xfce_socket-root: 7.61
• fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 66.57
• fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 69.19
• fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 95.26
• fedora-42-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 140.03
• whonix-gateway-17_exec: 7.84 🔺 ( previous job: 7.34, degradation: 106.77%)
• whonix-gateway-17_exec-root: 41.95 🔺 ( previous job: 39.57, degradation: 105.99%)
• whonix-gateway-17_socket: 7.68 🟢 ( previous job: 7.85, improvement: 97.78%)
• whonix-gateway-17_socket-root: 8.51 🔺 ( previous job: 7.89, degradation: 107.84%)
• whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-simplex: 75.55 🟢 ( previous job: 77.76, improvement: 97.16%)
• whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-duplex: 78.31 🟢 ( previous job: 78.39, improvement: 99.90%)
• whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-duplex-root: 89.55 🟢 ( previous job: 90.74, improvement: 98.69%)
• whonix-gateway-17_socket-data-duplex: 167.16 🔺 ( previous job: 161.95, degradation: 103.21%)
• whonix-workstation-17_exec: 8.25 🟢 ( previous job: 8.27, improvement: 99.70%)
• whonix-workstation-17_exec-root: 53.08 🟢 ( previous job: 57.61, improvement: 92.14%)
• whonix-workstation-17_socket: 7.96 🟢 ( previous job: 8.97, improvement: 88.73%)
• whonix-workstation-17_socket-root: 8.38 🟢 ( previous job: 9.46, improvement: 88.62%)
• whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-simplex: 75.94 🔺 ( previous job: 74.54, degradation: 101.88%)
• whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-duplex: 76.30 🔺 ( previous job: 74.84, degradation: 101.95%)
• whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-duplex-root: 87.69 🔺 ( previous job: 86.00, degradation: 101.97%)
• whonix-workstation-17_socket-data-duplex: 161.39 🔺 ( previous job: 160.20, degradation: 100.74%)
• dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 462131.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 289982.00, improvement: 159.37%)
• dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 204191.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 101988.00, improvement: 200.21%)
• dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 107886.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 14284.00, improvement: 755.29%)
• dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 49852.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 32696.00, improvement: 152.47%)
• dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 11447.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 11086.00, improvement: 103.26%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 390385.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 433654.00, degradation: 90.02%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 194580.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 167872.00, improvement: 115.91%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 104720.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 108760.00, degradation: 96.29%)
• dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8279.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 6356.00, improvement: 130.25%)
• fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 322738.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 335436.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 302270.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 81141.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 85333.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2998.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 7650.00
• fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1025.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 361827.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 254323.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 331617.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 66249.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 88727.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 3624.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8568.00
• fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 495.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 368179.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 106908.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 300107.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 72763.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 84116.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2608.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8286.00
• fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 812.00
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm(avg:6.195): 99.12
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-gui(avg:7.118): 113.89
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-concurrent(avg:2.810): 44.96
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-gui-concurrent(avg:3.941): 63.05
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-dom0(avg:6.864): 109.83
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-dom0-gui(avg:7.858): 125.72
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-dom0-concurrent(avg:3.236): 51.77
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-dom0-gui-concurrent(avg:4.075): 65.20
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload(avg:3.439): 55.02
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui(avg:4.570): 73.13
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-concurrent(avg:2.576): 41.22
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui-concurrent(avg:3.146): 50.33
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0(avg:3.539): 56.62
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0-gui(avg:5.176): 82.81
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0-concurrent(avg:2.962): 47.40
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0-gui-concurrent(avg:3.686): 58.97
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-api(avg:6.765): 108.24
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-gui-api(avg:7.861): 125.78
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-concurrent-api(avg:3.116): 49.85
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-gui-concurrent-api(avg:3.853): 61.64
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-api(avg:3.646): 58.34
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-less-api(avg:6.217): 99.47
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-more-api(avg:3.572): 57.15
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui-api(avg:5.269): 84.30
• debian-12-xfce_dispvm-preload-concurrent-api(avg:3.091): 49.46
• debian-12-xfce_vm(avg:0.413): 6.60
• debian-12-xfce_vm-gui(avg:0.449): 7.19
• debian-12-xfce_vm-concurrent(avg:0.376): 6.02
• debian-12-xfce_vm-gui-concurrent(avg:0.458): 7.33
• debian-12-xfce_vm-api(avg:0.083): 1.33
• debian-12-xfce_vm-gui-api(avg:0.121): 1.93
• debian-12-xfce_vm-concurrent-api(avg:0.048): 0.77
• debian-12-xfce_vm-gui-concurrent-api(avg:0.105): 1.68
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm(avg:6.987): 111.80
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-gui(avg:8.364): 133.82
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-concurrent(avg:3.622): 57.96
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-gui-concurrent(avg:4.388): 70.20
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-dom0(avg:7.806): 124.89
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-dom0-gui(avg:9.207): 147.31
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-dom0-concurrent(avg:3.969): 63.51
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-dom0-gui-concurrent(avg:4.738): 75.81
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload(avg:4.256): 68.09
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui(avg:4.816): 77.06
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-concurrent(avg:6.462): 103.39
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui-concurrent(avg:3.900): 62.41
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0(avg:4.371): 69.94
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0-gui(avg:5.628): 90.04
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0-concurrent(avg:3.505): 56.08
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-dom0-gui-concurrent(avg:4.294): 68.70
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-api(avg:7.895): 126.32
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-gui-api(avg:9.287): 148.59
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-concurrent-api(avg:3.781): 60.50
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-gui-concurrent-api(avg:4.663): 74.61
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-api(avg:4.434): 70.95
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-less-api(avg:7.255): 116.08
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-more-api(avg:4.116): 65.85
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui-api(avg:5.361): 85.78
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-concurrent-api(avg:3.525): 56.39
• fedora-42-xfce_dispvm-preload-gui-concurrent-api(avg:4.614): 73.83
• fedora-42-xfce_vm(avg:0.555): 8.88
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-gui(avg:0.562): 8.99
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-concurrent(avg:0.509): 8.14
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-gui-concurrent(avg:0.555): 8.89
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-api(avg:0.141): 2.25
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-gui-api(avg:0.152): 2.43
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-concurrent-api(avg:0.096): 1.54
• fedora-42-xfce_vm-gui-concurrent-api(avg:0.150): 2.39
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm(avg:7.748): 123.97
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-gui(avg:8.910): 142.56
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-concurrent(avg:4.383): 70.13
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-gui-concurrent(avg:4.859): 77.75
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-dom0(avg:8.546): 136.73
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-dom0-gui(avg:9.637): 154.20
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-dom0-concurrent(avg:4.429): 70.87
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-dom0-gui-concurrent(avg:5.238): 83.81
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload(avg:7.638): 122.21
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-gui(avg:8.550): 136.79
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-concurrent(avg:4.085): 65.36
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-gui-concurrent(avg:4.821): 77.14
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-dom0(avg:4.905): 78.48
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-dom0-gui(avg:5.853): 93.65
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-dom0-concurrent(avg:4.048): 64.77
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-dom0-gui-concurrent(avg:4.908): 78.53
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-api(avg:8.388): 134.21
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-gui-api(avg:9.526): 152.42
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-concurrent-api(avg:4.219): 67.51
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-gui-concurrent-api(avg:4.915): 78.65
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-api(avg:5.136): 82.17
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-less-api(avg:7.765): 124.24
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-more-api(avg:5.283): 84.52
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-gui-api(avg:6.296): 100.73
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-concurrent-api(avg:4.236): 67.78
• whonix-workstation-17_dispvm-preload-gui-concurrent-api(avg:5.260): 84.16
• whonix-workstation-17_vm(avg:0.583): 9.32
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-gui(avg:0.584): 9.35
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-concurrent(avg:0.554): 8.87
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-gui-concurrent(avg:0.578): 9.24
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-api(avg:0.145): 2.32
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-gui-api(avg:0.162): 2.59
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-concurrent-api(avg:0.115): 1.84
• whonix-workstation-17_vm-gui-concurrent-api(avg:0.154): 2.47