> PA 0.9.15 does not really touch the mixer controls except for the most > basic volume control. If jack sensing is broken, than it is hence > unlikely that this is PA's fault and you should file a bug against > ALSA. Does PA do more for speaker control in 0.9.16? Or is this a sign that the problem really is strictly ALSA, and will still persist when upgrading to current PulseAudio? If a new Pulse fixes it, I'd gladly update.