Created attachment 285559 [details] alsa-info Intel HDA sound system with Realtec ALC298 chip. All drivers loaded successfully, pavucontrol shows active vu meter on output during playback. Sink seems properly defined. The only irregularity seems to me visible in hda-analyzer: all four possible sinks are stated "not present". Finally no sound, neither on headphone nor on speaker. Microphone is working properly!
Created attachment 285561 [details] pactl list sinks
Created attachment 285563 [details] hda-analyzer screenshot