How to Remove Pulse Audio Ubuntu 8.10
By default Ubuntu 8.10 comes with Pulse Audio and most users start complaining about pulse audio so if you don’t want to use Pulse Audio you can remove using the following procedure.
Remove the required packages
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install esound
Now remove the 70pulseaudio file
Before removing make a backup of this file
sudo cp /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio.back
sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio
Gnome Preferences
Now go to 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.
Gnome Sessions
Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions
Deselected or Remove the Pulseaudio Manager
Finally Your asoundrc’s under your Home Directory are still configured for Pulse.
Go to your home directory using the following command
cd ~
cp .asound* yourfilename
rm .asound*
One this is done your back to ALSA’s default configuration.
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