Good luck, because you’ll need it as Creative Labs Linux support is non-existant and if something does work, it’s because some poor dev somewhere reverse-engineered everything and implemented it for him/herself…
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I think part of the problem may be here
In this other topic the nikgnomic shows what to choose when it comes to pulseaudio and pipewire together, and shows the alternative solution
Good luck!
T+ = See you later
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@Fabby I know and my highest respect toward the dev who put his freetime into that project. The problem is, that there are nearly no “modern” alternatives. Anyway, I am really thankful, that somebody made it possible to even use this soundcard.
@Creto Intersting. Tried it for a couple of days but no difference.
My biggest problem is, that I don’t know any logs etc. that could help to at least understand why this behavior exists. As I said: Pulse and Alsa are saying, that the audiostream is running fine.
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Hi @Alien1
If you have read the topic I indicated above, you must have realized that the @nikgnomic recommends that you either use pulseaudio or pipewire, never both together
T+ = See you later
ALSA support for Soundblaster AE-5 Plus was added to kernel recently
Soundblaster Creative AE-5 Plus: No sound
/source/sound/pci/hda/patch_ca0132 has also been backported to earlier kernel versions
But the card is not fully supported in PulseAudio or Pipewire
I suggest you check PulseAudio socket and service
systemctl --user status pulseaudio.*
If there is an error message: GetManagedObjects() failed that would suggest Pipewire has taken control of audio device away from PulseAudio
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@Creto Thats why I disabled pipewire 
@nikgnomic I just provoked the audio to stop working by using spotify. The following output ist given shortly after audio stopped working:
pulseaudio:
● pulseaudio.socket - Sound System
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-05-25 21:15:00 CEST; 26min ago
Triggers: ● pulseaudio.service
Listen: /run/user/1000/pulse/native (Stream)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pulseaudio.socket
Mai 25 21:15:00 best-pc systemd[1613]: Listening on Sound System.
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-05-25 21:15:03 CEST; 26min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
Main PID: 1916 (pulseaudio)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pulseaudio.service
├─1916 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=journal
└─2183 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper
Mai 25 21:15:02 best-pc systemd[1613]: Starting Sound Service...
Mai 25 21:15:03 best-pc systemd[1613]: Started Sound Service.
pipewire (I mean it’s disabled but anyway):
● pipewire.service - Multimedia Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
most recent in journalctl (journalctl | grep pulse):
Mai 25 20:37:17 best-pc systemd[1607]: pulseaudio.socket: Succeeded.
Mai 25 21:15:02 best-pc plasma_session[1720]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop" ("/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11")
Mai 25 21:15:02 best-pc dbus-daemon[776]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service' requested by ':1.47' (uid=1000 pid=1916 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=jo")
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Any suggestions where I could find the cause of this problem?
I mean in my understanding, if it’s a problem with Pulse, Alsa or the driver, then there must be a logfile or any way to debug it 
Update:
since I’m a bit lost with this, I tried a different distro with a different Desktop-Environment: MX-Linux (based on Debian) with XFCE. Same Problem.
So I can cross Manjaro itself and KDE off the list.
That still leaves me with 3 possibilities I’m not able to troubleshoot:
- Kerneldriver
- Pulse
- Alsa
In my understanding, the driver at least doesn’t crash completely, since there isn’t anything in journalctl.
Anyway. I will keep you up to date. Maybe there are 3 or 4 people on earth with the same problem
Hi! I have Ryzen 3900, nVidia 2070S, Soundblaster Creative AE-5 Plus (DAMNED)
Manjaro 21 xfce x64.
NO SOUND!
Alsamixer, Pulseuadio, Qastools recognize the card periodically. Rebooting doesn’t help regularly, only from time to time. In this case, the sound may or may not appear. Kernels 5.12 / 5.13 / 5.14.
Help, please. Thanks.
Problem solved in arch. The solution is in the Russian forum.
It turned out that I had purchased a sound card with the plus prefix, which was not in the list of kernel devices.
this commit ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus support - kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git - Sound sub-system tree allowed the system to correctly recognize the sound card
[9.847753] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC1D1: autoconfig for Sound BlasterX AE-5: line_outs = 3 (0xb / 0xf / 0x10 / 0x0 / 0x0)
type: line
, so now the sound appears and works.
How do I apply this solution in Manjaro? Thanks.
This is in kernel 5.11/5.12/5.13/5.14 - why doesn’t works?
It’s my config.
inxi
➜ ~ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.13.1-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
root=UUID=24f9ef62-2940-4469-b3c3-680e822dbdda rw quiet udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) v: 2.0
serial: BIOS: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.64 date: 04/08/2021
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 62.73 GiB used: 3.35 GiB (5.3%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701021 cache:
L2: 6 MiB bogomips: 148857
Speed: 3592 MHz min/max: 2200/3100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 3592 2: 2057 3: 2195 4: 2200 5: 3598 6: 2055 7: 2056 8: 2200 9: 2200
10: 2196 11: 3695 12: 2052 13: 2057 14: 2056 15: 2198 16: 2199 17: 2202
18: 2198 19: 2200 20: 2197 21: 3549 22: 2057 23: 2056 24: 2200
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm
mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc
nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
pse36 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni
skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp
succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave
xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 470.42.01
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e84
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech HD Webcam C525 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 046d:0826 class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x286mm (26.7x11.3")
s-diag: 735mm (28.9")
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 2560x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 81 size: 798x334mm (31.4x13.1")
diag: 865mm (34.1")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.42.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0012
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C525 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 046d:0826 class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.1-3-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.31 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82574L Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f000
bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:10d3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IP v4: type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast:
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
IP v4: scope: global broadcast:
WAN IP:
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 7.99 TiB used: 7.53 TiB (94.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: AMD Radeon model: R5MP120G8
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: rev: Q1205A0 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Plextor model: PX-128M5S
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: rev: 1.05 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Hitachi model: HDS5C3020ALA632
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5940 rpm serial: rev: A5C0 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD130 size: 2.73 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: rev: ACF0 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARS-00MVWB0
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: rev: AB51 scheme: MBR
ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital model: WD15EARS-00Z5B1
size: 1.36 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 type: USB model: Multiple Card Reader
size: 29.72 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial:
rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 59.38 GiB size: 59.35 GiB (99.95%) used: 19.92 GiB (33.6%)
fs: xfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 24f9ef62-2940-4469-b3c3-680e822dbdda
ID-2: /home raw-size: 59.86 GiB size: 59.83 GiB (99.95%)
used: 11.05 GiB (18.5%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 2ed5b756-c84e-4d7f-a209-645dbe9db958
ID-3: /media/win/ARCHIVES raw-size: 102.74 GiB size: 102.74 GiB (100.00%)
used: 85.66 GiB (83.4%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65
label: ARCHIVES uuid: D0B5F90FF03E5054
ID-4: /media/win/DEPOT raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 904.96 GiB (97.1%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
label: DEPOT uuid: 94EC352F5272AD9C
ID-5: /media/win/MUZ_2 raw-size: 1.07 TiB size: 1.07 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.07 TiB (100.0%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sde6 maj-min: 8:70
label: MUZ_2 uuid: 01CBE6E1CD79C210
ID-6: /media/win/MUZ_3 raw-size: 1 TiB size: 1 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1023.29 GiB (99.6%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
label: MUZ_3 uuid: 5434BCF933CB9511
ID-7: /media/win/MUZ_4 raw-size: 931.5 GiB size: 931.5 GiB (100.00%)
used: 752.79 GiB (80.8%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21
label: MUZ_4 uuid: 3E7BA6EB176C8B9A
ID-8: /media/win/SYSTEM raw-size: 111.16 GiB size: 111.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 45.03 GiB (40.5%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
label: SYSTEM uuid: A49CC7629CC72E1C
ID-9: /media/win/TORRENT raw-size: 203.11 GiB size: 203.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 198.59 GiB (97.8%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sde5 maj-min: 8:69
label: TORRENT uuid: 01CBE6E1B87708F0
ID-10: /media/win/VAR raw-size: 835.52 GiB size: 835.52 GiB (100.00%)
used: 804.4 GiB (96.3%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdd5 maj-min: 8:53 label: VAR
uuid: 1FC6BE31F54CA085
ID-11: /media/win/un raw-size: 1.36 TiB size: 1.36 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.34 TiB (98.0%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: un
uuid: 01D4F42B8E7DD7D0
ID-12: /media/win/un2 raw-size: 1.36 TiB size: 1.36 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.35 TiB (99.1%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: un2
uuid: DAB91D49B76A6493
ID-13: /run/media/chapa/Ventoy raw-size: 29.69 GiB size: 29.69 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.41 GiB (82.2%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sdf1 maj-min: 8:81
label: Ventoy uuid: C7EF-2BC5
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 529 MiB fs:
label: Восстановить uuid: 50548CBB548CA576
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 100 MiB fs:
label: N/A uuid: 3898-FD14
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 16 MiB fs:
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 1 KiB fs:
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-5: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50 size: 1 KiB fs:
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-6: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66 size: 1 KiB fs:
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/sdf2 maj-min: 8:82 size: 32 MiB fs:
label: VTOYEFI uuid: 66F6-D57E
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:3 info: Alcor Micro Multi Flash Reader type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 058f:6366 class-ID: 0806 serial:
Device-2: 1-5:4 info: Logitech HD Webcam C525 type: Audio,Video
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:0826 class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Device-3: 1-6:5 info: Microdia Redragon Mitra RGB Keyboard
type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 0c45:5004 class-ID: 0301
Device-4: 1-8:6 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c91 class-ID: 0300 serial:
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Cyber Power System CP1500 AVR UPS type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 50mA chip-ID: 0764:0501 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 5-4:3 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1bcf:08a6 class-ID: 0300
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 36 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 1036 fan-2: 2553 fan-3: 462 fan-4: 1112 fan-5: 1111
fan-6: 1009 fan-7: 1589 fan-8: 422 fan-9: 0 fan-10: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 456 Uptime: 48m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1534 lib: 390
Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.05
systemctl --user status pulseaudio
➜ ~ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2021-07-15 05:10:25 MSK; 47min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
Main PID: 1115 (pulseaudio)
Tasks: 9 (limit: 77065)
Memory: 12.5M
CPU: 35.064s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pulseaudio.service
├─1115 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=journal
└─1162 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper
июл 15 05:10:24 pc-m systemd[1036]: Starting Sound Service…
июл 15 05:10:25 pc-m systemd[1036]: Started Sound Service.
июл 15 05:10:50 pc-m pulseaudio[1115]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did no>
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lspci -k | grep -A2 Audio
➜ ~ lspci -k | grep -A2 Audio
04:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0191
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
2b:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 HD Audio Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 139f
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
pipewire
➜ ~ systemctl status pipewire.service
Unit pipewire.service could not be found.
Help, please.
PS I have with camarade Alien1 - Ryzen 3900. In this CPU is problem?
PPS ~ pulseaudio --check && echo yes
yes
I uncommented in /etc/pulse/client.conf
autospawn yes
pulseaudio works fine!
status pulseaudio
➜ ~ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2021-07-15 07:09:16 MSK; 14s ago
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
Main PID: 1115 (pulseaudio)
Tasks: 7 (limit: 77065)
Memory: 9.8M
CPU: 63ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pulseaudio.service
├─1115 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=journal
└─1162 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper
июл 15 07:09:15 pc-m systemd[1036]: Starting Sound Service…
июл 15 07:09:16 pc-m systemd[1036]: Started Sound Service.
But the audio card is determined periodically. No sound…
After reboot #3 -
GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did no>
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Hi @urgentus ,
I think it would be easier to summarize everything in one post.
Yes, this is a similar problem. Had the same behavior before, but after a BIOS update it went to the problem I described.
Apparently there is a general problem with x570 and different soundcards. Just take a look on the Amazon-reviews of for example the Asus Xonar SE.
Are you on the newest BIOS version for your MB?
Another thing you can try: when the soundcard is “not detected”, can you spot it in pacmd list with the correct profile selected?
Btw. my next step is to test my SoundBlaster AE in a intel setup. Maybe we can pinpoint the problem futher.
No.
I have b550 mobo.
AE-5 plus is working now, but only 2.0 .
rm ~/.config/pulse/* => reboot => tune with alsamixer
Thanks for help. Good luck.
PS I think to clean install OS
Update that first.
Your first port of call should be the LTS kernels: 5.10 and 5.4.
I tried 5.10 first - unsuccessfully.
Update latest BIOS - No changed.
@Fabby As mentioned before: SoundBlaster AE series is supported since Kernel 5.10. 5.4 will not work.
@urgentus Congrats to get it working 
The 2.0 Channel thing should be fairly easy: you have to set the correct profile via pacmd.
First find your card with pacmd list. Then set the desired Profile. For example:
pacmd set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_0f_00.4 output:analog-surround-51'
I’m wondering if you will have the same problem as me. Now that it’s working, let’s try to break it 
Can you try to listen to spotify or any other fairly high bitrate audio for around an hour (youtube will not trigger the problem I have) and tell me, if the audio stops working?
b550 and x570 are quiet similar. So there is a good chance that there will be similar difficulties with soundcards (if the chipset is the culprit).
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I hope. I also have an asus rog crosshair hero VI (x370), but I’m too lazy to rebuild the PC
Diagram 5.1 works, but the left channel is weaker than the right. I aligned with qasmixer, but it’s a crutch.
Thanks for help & advice.