python[1921]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory

[so8488943-star]

Hi Imonlinux, first of all I'd like to say thank you!

What an excellent body of work this is .

The install of my first LVA went really well. I modified the services to point to my home dir rather than /pi/ and the LVA works great.

I see this message in the linux_voice_assistant.service:

Is it something i should worry about?
Is there a file i have missed a path edit on (from your 'pi' to my home dir path?

Here is the o/p:

linux-voice-assistant.service - Linux Voice Assistant
Loaded: loaded (/home/assist/.config/systemd/user/linux-voice-assistant.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-02-13 09:39:06 GMT; 7s ago
Invocation: 8059acf252ee48858013a73efae4ae81
Main PID: 1920 (python3)
Tasks: 25 (limit: 176)
CPU: 5.691s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/linux-voice-assistant.service
├─1920 python3 /home/assist/linux-voice-assistant/script/run
└─1921 /home/assist/linux-voice-assistant/.venv/bin/python -m linux_voice_assistant

Feb 13 09:39:11 AssistHLS run[1921]: 2026-02-13 09:39:11 INFO main: Loading configuration from: /home/assist/linux-voice-assistant/linux_voice_assistant/config.json
Feb 13 09:39:11 AssistHLS run[1921]: 2026-02-13 09:39:11 INFO main: Using audio input device: Built-in Audio Stereo
Feb 13 09:39:11 AssistHLS run[1921]: {'type': 'micro', 'wake_word': 'Okay Nabu', 'author': 'Kevin Ahrendt','website': 'https://www.kevinahrendt.com/', 'model': 'okay_nabu.tflite', 'trained_languages': ['en', 'nl', 'fr', 'de', 'it', 'es', 'sv'], 'version': 2, 'micro': {'probability_cutoff': 0.85, 'feature_step_size': 10, 'sliding_window_size': 5, 'tensor_arena_size': 37000, 'minimum_esphome_version': '2024.7.0'}}b 13 09:39:11 AssistHLS run[1921]: {'type': 'micro', 'wake_word': 'Stop', 'author': 'Kevin Ahrendt', 'website': 'https://www.kevinahrendt.com/', 'model': 'stop.tflite', 'trained_languages': ['en'], 'version': 2, 'micro': {'probability_cutoff': 0.5, 'feature_step_size': 10, 'sliding_window_size': 5, 'tensor_arena_size': 21000, 'minimum_esphome_version': '2024.7.0'}}

Feb 13 09:39:12 AssistHLS python[1921]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory
Feb 13 09:39:12 AssistHLS python[1921]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory
Feb 13 09:39:12 AssistHLS python[1921]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory
Feb 13 09:39:12 AssistHLS python[1921]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: No such file or directory

Feb 13 09:39:12 AssistHLS run[1921]: 2026-02-13 09:39:12 INFO linux_voice_assistant.led_controller: LED Controller initialized for 3 dotstar LEDs.
Feb 13 09:39:13 AssistHLS run[1921]: 2026-02-13 09:39:13 INFO main: Server started (host=0.0.0.0, port=6053)

thanks in advance.

[imonlinux]

Hey @so8488943-star, thanks for the feedback. It is always good to know that others are getting benefit from this fork.

The messages that you are getting could probably be eliminated by adding some additional environment variables to the systemd unit file. For example, if you use the desktop tray client, those messages will not show up as you're working in an interactive desktop with all the appropriate environment variables defined.

I'm pretty sure that they can be ignored as long as the pipewire-pulse backend is working as expected.

If you do want to silence those warnings, I think that it is one or both of the variable below.

Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/%U

Environment=XDG_CONFIG_HOME=%h/.config

[so8488943-star]

Thanks Imonlinux for the fast reply.
I may go the pipewire route and drop pulse as the go forward.
keep up the great work here.

[so8488943-star]

Just an update. I moved to pipewire from pulse as the audio backend. No more pw.conf err messages

Thanks!