Sorry for the confusion - but please forget about my comment #10. I actually missed that manipulating settings in ~/.pulse/default.pa had silently changed the output device without giving me notice. With the correct device, control=PCM does the trick and restores proper function of the volume control applet. Thanks for your patience.
Sorry for the confusion - but please forget about my comment #10. I actually missed that manipulating settings in ~/.pulse/default.pa had silently changed the output device without giving me notice. With the correct device, control=PCM does the trick and restores proper function of the volume control applet. Thanks for your patience.