Hi
Could be somehow related to Audio-related crash: "Desired audio parameters for device -1 unsupported by audio device: Illegal combination of I/O devices" - symptoms sound similar.
Problem seems to be restricted to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS so far, and only to some sound hardware and only under some unclear conditions. I could not reproduce it with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on any of my machines, despite having even some identical hardware.
That issue is unresolved so far, and I think it would take an unknown number of hours of work time to dig deeper, so it won’t happen without users paying for it.
Does sound work otherwise, ie. with other applications?
Maybe follow all steps in that linked issue and report all wanted information? Definitely post your paid support membership authentication token, which your lab surely has bought, or I won’t even be able to do the most basic evaluation of your problem.
That said, if the problem is related, then a simple support membership won’t pay enough for a quick fix, and trying to fix this will cost substantial money. Just getting some replacement sound-card, e.g., a cheap USB one, if timing is of less importance, might be the cheapest and fastest solution at the moment.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of funding (not) provided by the vast majority of our short-sighted users, I can no longer afford to deal with such issues for free or for cheap.
Also: My 1 week vacation has basically started just now, so even if you have a paid membership, any non-trivial attempt at a solution will have to wait for at least 1 week.
-mario