I've got the same problem and a suspicion as to the cause. I installed
the multiload indicator applet on my machine and I've only noticed the
problem occurring since I did that. Might be unrelated, but seems like
it could be part of the problem. Does that sound relevant to your
situation?
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After purging and installing alsa-base and pulseaudio, my sound is back
and volume can be adjusted using the slider. I will pay attention to
what I'm doing if it happens again. Marking as invalid for now.
** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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