Added configure_pipewire.sh

tools/configure_pipewire.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script configures pipewire to work both in the graphical environment and in the console with root apps.
+
+if [[ $(whoami) != "root" ]]; then
+# Get the current user's XDG_HOME
+xdgPath="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"
+mkdir -p "$xdgPath/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d"
+
+# Warn user if we are going to overwrite an existing default.pa
+if [ -f "$xdgPath/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d/10-console_audio.conf" ]; then
+    read -p "This will replace the current file located at $xdgPath/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d/10-console_audio.conf, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue
+fi
+echo 'context.modules = [
+{ name = libpipewire-module-protocol-pulse
+        args = {
+server.address = [
+                    "unix:/tmp/pulse.sock"
+]
+        }
+}
+]
+context.exec = [
+    { path = "pactl"        args = "load-module module-switch-on-connect" }
+]' > $xdgPath/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d/10-console_audio.conf
+echo "If you have not yet done so, please run this script as root to write the client.conf file."
+else
+# This section does the root part:
+xdgPath="/root/.config"
+mkdir -p "$xdgPath/pulse"
+
+# Warn user if we are going to overwrite an existing default.pa
+if [ -f "$xdgPath/pulse/default.pa" ]; then
+    read -p "This will replace the current file located at $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue
+fi
+
+cat << EOF > "$xdgPath/pulse/client.conf"
+# This file is part of PulseAudio.
+#
+# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
+## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
+## commenting.
+
+; default-sink =
+; default-source =
+default-server = unix:/tmp/pulse.sock 
+; default-dbus-server =
+
+autospawn = no
+; autospawn = yes
+; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
+; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog
+
+; cookie-file =
+
+; enable-shm = yes
+; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
+
+; auto-connect-localhost = no
+; auto-connect-display = no
+EOF
+echo "If you have not yet done so, run this script as your normal user to write the user default.pa"
+fi
+
+# If there were no errors tell user to restart, else warn them errors happened.
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+echo "Configuration created successfully, please restart Pulseaudio or your system, for changes to take affect."
+else
+echo "Errors were encountered whilst writing the configuration, please correct them manually."
+fi
+exit 0