He has a graphical login session.   I am going to guess he is using straight-X windows with one of the ancient simple window managers (twm, mwm).   I have used similar setups on set-top boxes where memory is limited and gnome is overcomplicated and often gets in the way of it working.

DJ:  are you the same DJ Delorie that did the work 30 years ago on djgcc for DOS?   If so, that was some good work.  I used it for some image processing work.



On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 3:03 AM Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net> wrote:
On 3/24/22 21:49, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>
> DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> wrote
>
>> Geoffrey Leach <geoffleach.gl@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Is there a 'Getting Started With pipewire' and/or wireplumber
>>> somewhere? Or should they 'just work' and I need to check my
>>> connections?
>>
>> As a non-gnome (and non-display-manager) user, I share these .xsession
>> snippets:
>>
>> # Required by pipewire, at least
>> export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/$(id -u)-runtime-dir.XXX)
>>
>> # Required by most things
>> eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
>>
>> pipewire &
>> pipewire-pulse &
>> (sleep 2 ; wireplumber & ) &
>>
>>
>> There wasn't a pipewire-specific config; it uses the same ALSA backend
>> as pulseaudio used.
>
> If you don't mind answering, was it a Rhode Island Red cockerel or a hen
> which you sacrificed to learn these arcane secrets? And, full-moon at
> midnight, or dark of the moon? Or did this take moving up to a goat?
> Or are you a graduate of Hogwarts? Because I am quite sure that none of
> these snippets show up anywhere in the so-called documentation. Pure
> magic, just like any sufficiently advanced technology.

That's because they aren't necessary.  For any standard desktop all
those pieces are already setup for you.  Notice how he said
"non-display-manager user".  Those are only necessary if you don't have
a graphical login session.
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