[pulseaudio-discuss] possible headphone bug: pulse or ALSA?

[Jud Craft]

> 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.