Ok, I was finally able to reproduce that here by booting my old laptop and I can confirm that adding the patch in comment #18 just adds analog-output-mono, not analog-output. I was also able to find and fix bug 932804, which can make it impossible to change port.
But; when analog-output-lfe-on-mono was selected, sound volume was perfectly changable through e g the indicator. So I'm not sure what the problem with this profile is, really? ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922656 Title: Analog-output-lfe-on-mono is only output option To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/922656/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs