Hello, I was able to get audio from my system again after changing the /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf file, see the attached patch file. Of course I don't know why the config file contains the lines which I commented, but since it works for me I thought to share it.
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--- /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf.orig 2012-02-19 13:55:05.000000000 +0100 +++ /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf 2012-05-06 19:37:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ pcm.!default { type pulse - hint { - show { - @func refer - name defaults.namehint.basic - } - description "Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server" - } +# hint { +# show { +# @func refer +# name defaults.namehint.basic +# } +# description "Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server" +# } } ctl.!default { @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ pcm.pulse { type pulse - hint { - show { - @func refer - name defaults.namehint.basic - } - description "Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server" - } +# hint { +# show { +# @func refer +# name defaults.namehint.basic +# } +# description "Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server" +# } } ctl.pulse {