After installing Manjaro I am unable to play back any sound. I tried playback with cmus and Firefox, both to no avail. I’m glad for any hints or (non NULL) pointers 
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System:
Kernel: 5.15.105-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=9fc7ba9c-2144-45d2-84a0-618dba1d260c rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: i3 v: 4.22 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Precision T3610 v: 00
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 7 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 09M8Y8 v: A01 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: A18 date: 11/14/2018
Battery:
Device-1: apple_mfi_fastcharge model: N/A serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.3 GiB used: 4.06 GiB (13.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3E (62)
stepping: 4 microcode: 0x42E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 25 MiB desc: 1x25 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2858 high: 3459 min/max: 1200/3800 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3440 2: 3454 3: 3345
4: 2011 5: 1754 6: 2255 7: 3131 8: 1901 9: 3326 10: 3230 11: 3459 12: 3000
bogomips: 83821
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 dca de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts
epb ept erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb
ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl
nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse
pse36 pti pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme
vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
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 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK107GL [Quadro K2000] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1,DVI-I-1
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0ffe class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
Device-2: 2M UVC CAMERA NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 1d6c:0103
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: Picom v: git-b700a driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
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: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) HDR WQHD serial: <filter> built: 2020
res: 3440x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.19")
diag: 867mm (34.1") modes: max: 3440x1440 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel C600/X79 series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 040d:3400 class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 8086:1d20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: VIA VX1 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Device-4: 2M UVC CAMERA NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 1d6c:0103
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k5.15.105-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
tools: pacat,pactl,pamixer,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: cni0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
Message: Output throttled. IPs: 2; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
all]
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Message: Output throttled. IPs: 1; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
all]
IF-ID-3: enp0s29u1u2c4i2 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: flannel.1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Message: Output throttled. IPs: 2; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
all]
IF-ID-5: veth012bc6ae state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: veth0c82d082 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-7: veth0d190f27 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-8: veth2b6084d7 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-9: veth354e4b43 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-10: veth35572a18 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-11: veth5fb773f0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-12: veth6fba06fc state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-13: veth7449bddc state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-14: veth858059f2 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-15: veth8a660530 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-16: veth8c2f7f7a state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-17: veth8d62e66b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-18: vetha12cc2d2 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-19: vetha905a83a state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-20: vethc8d7a0bf state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-21: vethca5b8c0f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-22: vethcee36347 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-23: vethf6342d85 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel C600/X79 series SATA RAID Controller driver: ahci v: 3.0
port: f020 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:2826 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.16 TiB used: 129.52 GiB (10.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW010T9
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 001C temp: 30.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5.0
scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PLDS model: DVD+-RW DH-16AES rev: 3D11
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 233.38 GiB (97.99%)
used: 129.52 GiB (55.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 9fc7ba9c-2144-45d2-84a0-618dba1d260c
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: D3F9-E6AB
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Device-2: 1-1.4:4 info: VIA VX1 type: Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 040d:3400 class-ID: 0300
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.2:6 info: Apple iPhone 5/5C/5S/6/SE/7/8/X type: Still Imaging
driver: ipheth,usbfs interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 05ac:12a8 class-ID: 0601 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 2-1.5:3 info: Sunplus Innovation Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA
chip-ID: 1bcf:0005 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 2-1.6:4 info: Tokyo Keyboard tokyo60 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: feed:6060 class-ID: 0300
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: 2M UVC CAMERA NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 1d6c:0103 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 46.0 mobo: 54.0 46.0 sodimm: SODIMM 46.0
gpu: nouveau temp: 51.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1004 gpu: nouveau fan: 2670
Info:
Processes: 354 Uptime: 13h 1m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 252
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1207 libs: 342 tools: pamac,yay Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: st inxi: 3.3.26
Output of aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
lavrate
Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library
samplerate
Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
Open Sound System
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
Front output / input
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC3220 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
usbstream:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH
USB Stream Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
HDA NVidia, LG HDR WQHD
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
HDA NVidia, HDMI 2
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
HDA NVidia, HDMI 3
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=4
HDA NVidia, HDMI 4
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=5
HDA NVidia, HDMI 5
HDMI Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=NVidia
HDA NVidia
USB Stream Output
usbstream:CARD=Webcam
NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam
USB Stream Output
default:CARD=VX1
VX1, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=VX1
VX1, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
Front output / input
surround21:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=VX1,DEV=0
VX1, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=VX1
VX1
USB Stream Output
Thanks!