pulseaudio gets stuck after launching firefox

[Joe Barnett]

after updating to jammy, pulseaudio appears to get stuck after opening firefox.

I can play an audio file using mplayer fine, then I open firefox (either snap or deb version), then it fails to play the same audio file and prints out
"Audio device got stuck!"

killing pulseaudio (and having systemd user session restart it) restores sound in mplayer

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:15.99.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-23.23-generic 5.15.27
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: jbarnett 3283 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jbarnett 3283 F.... wireplumber
                      jbarnett 7684 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/seq: jbarnett 3278 F.... pipewire
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Mar 19 15:29:11 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-17 (945 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190305.1)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-03-18 (1 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2021
dmi.bios.release: 1.15
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.15.1
dmi.board.name: 0N338G
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 31
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.15.1:bd03/25/2021:br1.15:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159575:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N338G:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct31:cvr:sku080D:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9575
dmi.product.sku: 080D
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Joe Barnett (thejoe)]

seems like pulse was fighting with pipewire; not sure what I did to clean it up but appears to be working better now