Please note:
- There is no reason to remove PulseAudio unless you are having some issues with it.
- This how to is only for Linux Mint 10 users. (May work with earlier or later versions, not tested.)
- LMDE users: please refer to this guide.
Disadvantage:
As far as I know there is no "clean" way to completely revert the changes made in step F and G.
However you can skip these steps (and step 'I') and see if you are satisfied with the results. If yes, then do steps F-I.
Completely remove PulseAudio & replace it with ALSA (Mint 10):
A. Before proceeding, please use Update Manager to install the latest updates (click mintUpdate tray icon to open Update Manager > Refresh > Install Updates)
B. Menu > Preferences > Startup Applications > uncheck "PulseAudio Sound System" and "PulseAudio Sound System KDE Routing Policy"
C. Remove pulseaudio, related packages and configuration files
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killall pulseaudio
sudo killall pulseaudio
sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio libpulse-browse0 paman pavumeter pavucontrol
sudo mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf-bak
rm ~/.pulse-cookie
rm -r ~/.pulse
E. Install libalsaplayer0 and esound packages
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sudo apt-get install libalsaplayer0 esound
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dtl131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
exit
(You should see 10 level 3 packages: libcanberra-gtk-module , gnome-media , gnome-settings-daemon ,
gnome-session-canberra , libgnome-media0 , gnome-media-common , libcanberra-gtk0 , libcanberra0 ,
gnome-applets , gnome-applets-data)
H. Restart your computer
I. Right click Panel, select "Add to Panel" and add "Volume Control" to Panel
Here are some reasons why you might want to remove PulseAudio:
...this fix has made all of my sound issues disappear. Even running World of Warcraft in wine has less sound issues now for me.
...It solved the audio lag I had in veetle. Pulse gives fits for a lot of people.
...I removed pulseaudio and got rid of three annoying problems:
1) sound settings reset at boot even having alsactl restore at startup applications
2) mic working randomly
3) first call in Skype was always garbled
Suggestions are welcome!...Just what I needed to know. Got pSX working properly now.