Removing Pulse Audio from Ubuntu 8.10 (Ibex)

The following information was copied from the Ubuntu Forums at the URL below. I've copied it here for my own reference and to ensure the resource doesn't “go away”. I edited it slightly for readability in this wiki.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=973637

I removed pulse audio because it would often just stop playing audio. Sometimes I could fix it by killing the pulseaudio processes, sometimes not. I lived with these problems for months, then I decided to remove it. I'm glad I did.

Original Authors Words

First things First. Remove the packages though Bash.

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install esound

You may want to back this up.

sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio

Now this is done you will want check your Gnome Preferences.

Under System → Preferences → Sound Make sure they are all set to 'Autodetect'. The only one you will have to set manually to ALSA is 'Sound Capture' under 'Audio Conferencing'. Note at this point Pulseaudio is now nolonger an option under these drop menus.

Under System → Preferences → Sessions Deselected or Remove the Pulseaudio Manager

The last part is one I think a lot of people have missed. Your asoundrc's under your Home Directory are still configured for Pulse.

cd ~
rm .asound* (Again! You may want to back this up)

One this is done your back to ALSA's default configuration.

This worked a charm for me and found all my software picked up Dmix and Dsnoop. I hope it does wonders for you.. Good Luck.

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