Pulseaudio does not work

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systemctl --user -l --no-pager status pulseaudio.socket pulseaudio.service

● pulseaudio.socket - Sound System
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-02 09:32:47 WET; 1min 50s ago
 Invocation: c56e9d0010294e0ca6c79b3898583a27
   Triggers: ● pulseaudio.service
     Listen: /run/user/1000/pulse/native (Stream)

Jan 02 09:32:47 fernando-ms7b18 systemd[1235]: Listening on Sound System.

● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-02 09:32:49 WET; 1min 48s ago
 Invocation: e6afcf71261741e383d295fca8c9cbb1
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
   Main PID: 1359 (pulseaudio)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 18793)
     Memory: 51M (peak: 53.7M)
        CPU: 329ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pulseaudio.service
             ├─1359 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=journal
             └─1727 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper

Jan 02 09:32:48 fernando-ms7b18 systemd[1235]: Starting Sound Service...
Jan 02 09:32:49 fernando-ms7b18 systemd[1235]: Started Sound Service.
Jan 02 09:32:49 fernando-ms7b18 pulseaudio[1359]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer “org.bluez”: unit failed
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inxi -Aa                                                                        ✔ 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: nova_core pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Sunplus Innovation USB 2.0 Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:5
    chip-ID: 1bcf:0c45 class-ID: 0102
  API: ALSA v: k6.17.13-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: wireplumber
    status: active 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-93-gbe2efb status: active
    with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
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Actually, I don’t have PulseAudio sound, despite installing it. Despite the PulseAudio equaliser, I don’t hear any difference in the sound.

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Well, I managed to get PulseAudio working.
Thanks to Nikgnomic for his help, and to Aragorn.

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Kernel 6.17.13-1-MANJARO is marked as End Of Life and will be dropped soon, so I suggest install Kernel 6.18 via Manjaro Settings Manager - Kernel GUI or:

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux618
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The installation stopped here (5/5) Signing EFI binaries...
Generating EFI bundles.... Installed
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There's a problem. The video plays without sound, but when I turn on the sound, the video stops!!!!!!
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You only need to format what you are writing in that way
when you are posting terminal output.

don't write like this

write like this - just normal
unless there is terminal output or quotes or whatever …

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ArchWiki - WirePlumber - Configuration

Disable audio stack integration

If you do not want PipeWire/Wireplumber to take over control of your audio devices because you are opting for a different audio solution (e.g. PulseAudio/JACK/ALSA) but still want it to be available for screen sharing/video purposes you can make use of the wireplumber@.service template unit to enable a different set of default profiles. Wireplumber ships with a profile configuration that enables only the video parts and disables audio integration (including Bluetooth audio) by enabling the video-only template user unit.

Disable wireplumber.service user unit and enable wireplumber@video-only.service user unit.

systemctl --user disable --now wireplumber.service; systemctl --user enable --now wireplumber@video-only.service
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Thanks

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