Turns out it was a pipewire.conf file causing some sort of crash (nothing in logs show anything). If I remove that file, everything works.
FYI this was on a laptop that began life from version 42. My main PC started out on 38 and has made it to 43 with no problems (including a motherboard swap).. will be updating to 44 this weekend.
FYI this was on a laptop that began life from version 42. My main PC started out on 38 and has made it to 43 with no problems (including a motherboard swap).. will be updating to 44 this weekend.