Sound stops working some time

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Hello,

I recently installed Manjaro on a Thinkpad P14s. I have an issues where audio will no longer play (I can’t head anything out of the speakers) after using the machine for some time. The audio will not come out of the laptop speakers nor the connected HDMI monitor (which I usually use for sound) once the issue starts. I haven’t been able to correlate some event to when the sound stops working.

Below is some information from my machine. Please do let me know what else I can provide to dig into this issue. You will see a dock connected in the information below, the I don’t use it for sound and the HDMI for the monitor is connected directly to the laptop.

What can I do to track down the issue? I’ve read some people talking about auto-mute being an issue, but I’m not really sure how to dig into that or even check if something has been muted (everything looks unmuted in my KDE sound panels).

lsb_release -a
LSB Version:	n/a
Distributor ID:	ManjaroLinux
Description:	Manjaro Linux
Release:	22.0.0
Codename:	Sikaris


pactl list cards                                                                                                                     
Card #0
	Name: alsa_card.usb-Lenovo_ThinkPad_Thunderbolt_3_Dock_USB_Audio_000000000000-00
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 6
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB"
		alsa.long_card_name = "Lenovo ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB at usb-0000:52:00.0-2.1.1.4, full speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:52:00.0-usb-0:2.1.1.4:1.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/0000:50:00.0/0000:51:02.0/0000:52:00.0/usb5/5-2/5-2.1/5-2.1.1/5-2.1.1.4/5-2.1.1.4:1.0/sound/card1"
		udev.id = "usb-Lenovo_ThinkPad_Thunderbolt_3_Dock_USB_Audio_000000000000-00"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "17ef"
		device.vendor.name = "Lenovo"
		device.product.id = "3083"
		device.product.name = "ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB Audio"
		device.serial = "Lenovo_ThinkPad_Thunderbolt_3_Dock_USB_Audio_000000000000"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB Audio"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
	Profiles:
		input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6500, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo+input:mono-fallback: Analog Stereo Output + Mono Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6501, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5500, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo+input:mono-fallback: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Mono Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5501, available: yes)
		output:iec958-ac3-surround-51: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 300, available: yes)
		output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:mono-fallback: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Mono Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 301, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: off
	Ports:
		analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:mono-fallback, output:analog-stereo+input:mono-fallback, output:iec958-stereo+input:mono-fallback, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:mono-fallback
		analog-output: Analog Output (type: Analog, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:mono-fallback
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (type: SPDIF, priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:mono-fallback

Card #1
	Name: alsa_card.usb-Sunplus_IT_Co_Trust_USB_Camera_20200707002-02
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 7
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "Trust USB Camera"
		alsa.long_card_name = "Sunplus IT Co Trust USB Camera at usb-0000:52:00.0-2.4.1, high speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:52:00.0-usb-0:2.4.1:1.2"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/0000:50:00.0/0000:51:02.0/0000:52:00.0/usb5/5-2/5-2.4/5-2.4.1/5-2.4.1:1.2/sound/card0"
		udev.id = "usb-Sunplus_IT_Co_Trust_USB_Camera_20200707002-02"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "145f"
		device.vendor.name = "Trust"
		device.product.id = "0203"
		device.product.name = "Trust USB Camera"
		device.serial = "Sunplus_IT_Co_Trust_USB_Camera_20200707002"
		device.form_factor = "webcam"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "Trust USB Camera"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
	Profiles:
		input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: off
	Ports:
		analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:mono-fallback

Card #2
	Name: alsa_card.usb-Trust_USB_microphone_Trust_USB_microphone_20191101-00
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 8
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "2"
		alsa.card_name = "Trust USB microphone"
		alsa.long_card_name = "Trust USB microphone Trust USB microphone at usb-0000:52:00.0-2.4.4, full speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:52:00.0-usb-0:2.4.4:1.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/0000:50:00.0/0000:51:02.0/0000:52:00.0/usb5/5-2/5-2.4/5-2.4.4/5-2.4.4:1.0/sound/card2"
		udev.id = "usb-Trust_USB_microphone_Trust_USB_microphone_20191101-00"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "145f"
		device.vendor.name = "Trust"
		device.product.id = "02b4"
		device.product.name = "Trust USB microphone "
		device.serial = "Trust_USB_microphone_Trust_USB_microphone_20191101"
		device.form_factor = "microphone"
		device.string = "2"
		device.description = "Trust USB microphone "
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone-usb"
	Profiles:
		input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: input:mono-fallback
	Ports:
		analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:mono-fallback

Card #3
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 9
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "3"
		alsa.card_name = "sof-hda-dsp"
		alsa.long_card_name = "LENOVO-20VX009QUK-ThinkPadP14sGen2i"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card3"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "a0c8"
		device.product.name = "Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller"
		device.string = "3"
		device.description = "Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		HiFi: Play HiFi quality Music (sinks: 4, sources: 2, priority: 40768, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: HiFi
	Ports:
		[Out] HDMI3: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): HiFi
		[Out] HDMI2: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 600, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): HiFi
		[Out] HDMI1: HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 500, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Properties:
				device.product.name = "BenQ EX3415R"
			Part of profile(s): HiFi
		[Out] Speaker: Speaker (type: Speaker, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): HiFi
		[Out] Headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 200, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): HiFi
		[In] Mic2: Headphones Stereo Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 200, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): HiFi
		[In] Mic1: Digital Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): HiFi

aplay -l        
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: USB [ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 0: HDA Analog (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 3: HDMI1 (*) []
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 4: HDMI2 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 5: HDMI3 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 31: HDA Analog Deep Buffer (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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can you report

inxi -Fza
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The output is below. I’ll add that sometimes executing pulseaudio -k fixes the issue.

inxi -Fza
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.85-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=ea871510-c4d2-42e8-9618-bd238d87ccb8 rw quiet
    cryptdevice=UUID=0db0041f-ff15-4fb4-a223-7c78ca6bf4fb:luks-0db0041f-ff15-4fb4-a223-7c78ca6bf4fb
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-0db0041f-ff15-4fb4-a223-7c78ca6bf4fb
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20VX009QUK v: ThinkPad P14s Gen 2i
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20VX009QUK v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N34ET53W (1.53 )
    date: 08/31/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.2 Wh (96.6%) condition: 53.0/50.5 Wh (105.1%)
    volts: 12.7 min: 11.5 model: SMP 5B10W51827 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 5
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus
    M705 serial: <filter> charge: 10% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0xA6
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
    L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 922 high: 1051 min/max: 400/4700 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 939 2: 888 3: 1038 4: 600
    5: 965 6: 1017 7: 1051 8: 885 bogomips: 44864
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed 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 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T500 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: nvidia v: 525.60.11 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-12) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1fbb class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 30c9:003b class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Trust USB Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 5-2.4.1:7 chip-ID: 145f:0203 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.83x15.00")
    s-diag: 987mm (38.84")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: BenQ EX3415R
    serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
    size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.19") diag: 867mm (34.1") modes: max: 3440x1440
    min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: AU Optronics 0x323d built: 2018
    res: 3440x1440 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85")
    diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.1 renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 5-2.1.1.4:8
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 17ef:3083 class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8
    class-ID: 0403 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: Lenovo ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB Audio type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Device-3: Trust USB Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 5-2.4.1:7 chip-ID: 145f:0203 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Trust USB microphone type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-2.4.4:11
    chip-ID: 145f:02b4 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.85-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15fc class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Lenovo ThinkPad TBT 3 Dock type: USB driver: r8152
    bus-ID: 6-2.1.2:5 chip-ID: 17ef:3082 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp82s0u2u1u2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: ppp0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 60.55 GiB (12.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Lenovo
    model: UMIS RPETJ512MGE2QDQ size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1.5Q0630 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 468.09 GiB (98.21%)
    used: 60.55 GiB (12.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-0db0041f-ff15-4fb4-a223-7c78ca6bf4fb
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 472 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 2290
Info:
  Processes: 278 Uptime: 1h 48m wakeups: 8 Memory: 46.78 GiB
  used: 5.37 GiB (11.5%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1277 libs: 325 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  running-in: terminator inxi: 3.3.24
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something is wrong here

sudo pacman -S manjaro-alsa manjaro-pipewire manjaro-gstreamer
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Other users have reported similar issues with intermittent audio on kernel v5.15
Updating kernel v6.0 or v6.1 has bee n confirmed to resolves this issue
Audio randomly cutting out on Manjaro KDE
Audio Trouble (Both PipeWire and PulseAudio)

Metapackage manjaro-alsa is included on all Manjaro ISOs. I do not expect that reinstalling this will help resolve ALSA audio issues

Installing manjaro-pipewire to replace PulseAudio will not help with ALSA issues either

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Unfortunately my laptop will not boot with either of those kernels. In both cases I get a screen that looks like a bunch of dmesg output and the laptop’s fan runs at full blast. The laptop just hangs indefinitely with this output displayed on the screen.

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Maybe worth mentioning again that running pulseaudio -k does seem to fix the issue, but it is pretty annoying to have to execute it 15+ times a day.

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Have you tried this?

systemctl --user restart pulseaudio.service
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Wouldn’t I be doing that just as often as pulseaudio -k since rebooting seems to make no meaningful change to the problem?

11

So you have nvidia GPU, you need to add
ibt=off
to the grub boot line in kernel 6.0 onwards.
So, you’ll have both sound and will boot and work perfectly (I’m also on Tiger-lake and hybrid nvidia, as you, so I can confirm that’s a working solution).

12

The ibt=off flagged got me booted with the 6.1 kernel. Thanks!

Sound seems fine for now but since it’s been an intermittent problem I’ll report back in after a day or so to confirm that the problem hasn’t surfaced again.

13

Upgrading the kernel did the trick. I think we can say this is solved. It’s been half a day and I’ve had no issues so far.

Importantly though I did need to add ibt=off to my kernel options in GRUB before I could get the machine to boot with kernel 6.1.

Thanks everyone!

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Kernel option ibt=off is needed for users with latest nVidia drivers
My system is using legacy drivers (v470) and did not need kernel option for kernel v6.1

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I’m having the same problem, however I have Kernel 6.1. I get sound when I boot up, but sometime, usually overnight, it loses the sound card.

uname -r
6.1.1-1-MANJARO

lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    n/a
Distributor ID: ManjaroLinux
Description:    Manjaro Linux
Release:        22.0.0
Codename:       Sikaris

When there’s no sound:

pactl list cards
Card #0
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_21_00.1
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Owner Module: 6
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xd1080000 irq 218"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:21:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:03.1/0000:21:00.1/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                device.product.id = "1aeb"
                device.product.name = "TU116 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "0"
                device.description = "TU116 High Definition Audio Controller"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        Profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
        Active Profile: off
        Ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #1
        Name: alsa_card.usb-Sonix_Technology_Co.__Ltd._WENKIA_PC-LM7_SN0001-02
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Owner Module: 7
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "WENKIA PC-LM7"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. WENKIA PC-LM7 at usb-0000:23:00.3-1, high speed"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:23:00.3-usb-0:1:1.2"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:08.1/0000:23:00.3/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.2/sound/card2"
                udev.id = "usb-Sonix_Technology_Co.__Ltd._WENKIA_PC-LM7_SN0001-02"
                device.bus = "usb"
                device.vendor.id = "0c46"
                device.vendor.name = "WaveRider Communications, Inc."
                device.product.id = "636b"
                device.product.name = "WENKIA PC-LM7"
                device.serial = "Sonix_Technology_Co.__Ltd._WENKIA_PC-LM7_SN0001"
                device.form_factor = "webcam"
                device.string = "2"
                device.description = "WENKIA PC-LM7"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
        Profiles:
                input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
        Active Profile: input:mono-fallback
        Ports:
                analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                        Part of profile(s): input:mono-fallback

After pulseaudio -k, I get Card #2 back:

pactl list cards
Card #0
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_21_00.1
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Owner Module: 6
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xd1080000 irq 218"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:21:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:03.1/0000:21:00.1/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                device.product.id = "1aeb"
                device.product.name = "TU116 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "0"
                device.description = "TU116 High Definition Audio Controller"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        Profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
        Active Profile: off
        Ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #1
        Name: alsa_card.usb-Sonix_Technology_Co.__Ltd._WENKIA_PC-LM7_SN0001-02
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Owner Module: 7
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "WENKIA PC-LM7"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. WENKIA PC-LM7 at usb-0000:23:00.3-1, high speed"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:23:00.3-usb-0:1:1.2"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:08.1/0000:23:00.3/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.2/sound/card2"
                udev.id = "usb-Sonix_Technology_Co.__Ltd._WENKIA_PC-LM7_SN0001-02"
                device.bus = "usb"
                device.vendor.id = "0c46"
                device.vendor.name = "WaveRider Communications, Inc."
                device.product.id = "636b"
                device.product.name = "WENKIA PC-LM7"
                device.serial = "Sonix_Technology_Co.__Ltd._WENKIA_PC-LM7_SN0001"
                device.form_factor = "webcam"
                device.string = "2"
                device.description = "WENKIA PC-LM7"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
        Profiles:
                input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
        Active Profile: input:mono-fallback
        Ports:
                analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                        Part of profile(s): input:mono-fallback

Card #2
        Name: alsa_card.usb-Generic_USB_Audio-00
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Owner Module: 9
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "3"
                alsa.card_name = "Aorus Master Main Audio"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Gigabyte-Aorus-Master-Main-Audio"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:48:00.1-usb-0:5:1.0"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:40/0000:40:01.1/0000:41:00.0/0000:42:08.0/0000:48:00.1/usb9/9-5/9-5:1.0/sound/card3"
                udev.id = "usb-Generic_USB_Audio-00"
                device.bus = "usb"
                device.vendor.id = "0414"
                device.vendor.name = "Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd"
                device.product.id = "a001"
                device.product.name = "USB Audio"
                device.serial = "Generic_USB_Audio"
                device.string = "3"
                device.description = "USB Audio"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
        Profiles:
                HiFi: Default Alsa Profile (sinks: 3, sources: 3, priority: 8000, available: yes)
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
        Active Profile: HiFi
        Ports:
                [Out] SPDIF: S/PDIF Out (type: SPDIF, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [Out] Headphones: Front Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 300, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [Out] Speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 200, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [In] Mic2: Front Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 300, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [In] Mic1: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 200, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [In] Line: Line In (type: Line, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
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