Remove reset Pulseaudio option because it's 2024 and we use Pipewire

lutris/game.py

@@ -686,10 +686,6 @@ class Game(GObject.Object):
         if "working_dir" in gameplay_info:
             self.game_runtime_config["working_dir"] = gameplay_info["working_dir"]
 
-        # Audio control
-        if self.runner.system_config.get("reset_pulse"):
-            audio.reset_pulse()
-
         # Input control
         if self.runner.system_config.get("use_us_layout"):
             system.set_keyboard_layout("us")

lutris/sysoptions.py

@@ -317,16 +317,6 @@ system_options = [  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
         "label": _("Enable Feral GameMode"),
         "help": _("Request a set of optimisations be temporarily applied to the host OS"),
     },
-    {
-        "section": _("Audio"),
-        "option": "reset_pulse",
-        "type": "bool",
-        "label": _("Reset PulseAudio"),
-        "default": False,
-        "advanced": True,
-        "condition": system.can_find_executable("pulseaudio"),
-        "help": _("Restart PulseAudio before launching the game."),
-    },
     {
         "section": _("Audio"),
         "option": "pulse_latency",

lutris/util/audio.py

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-"""Whatever it is we want to do with audio module"""
-import time
-
-from lutris.util import system
-from lutris.util.log import logger
-
-
-def reset_pulse():
-    """Reset pulseaudio."""
-    if not system.can_find_executable("pulseaudio"):
-        logger.warning("PulseAudio not installed. Nothing to do.")
-        return
-    system.execute(["pulseaudio", "--kill"])
-    time.sleep(1)
-    system.execute(["pulseaudio", "--start"])
-    logger.debug("PulseAudio restarted")

lutris/util/linux.py

@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ SYSTEM_COMPONENTS = {
         "fluidsynth",
     ],
     "OPTIONAL_COMMANDS": [
-        "pulseaudio",
         "lsi-steam",
-        "Xephyr",
         "nvidia-smi",
     ],
     "TERMINALS": [