Comments on Ubuntu on the Dell Mini: Fix Most Audio Problems: Remove PulseAudio

The purge pulseaudio worked like a charm on an old...

2010-02-02T12:50:20.308-06:00

The purge pulseaudio worked like a charm on an old Compaq Presario to gain RT kernel memlock priority

This article just knocked it out of the park. Purg...

2010-02-02T12:47:56.194-06:00

This article just knocked it out of the park. Purged PulseAudio and low and behold I can now lock down Memory for RT kernal Audio apps.
Before reading this article I was so for up the Kernels Arse I could have hunted Jackalope in the outback? Give this dude an award for being candid. Rock on wit your bad self.

the 1st method really worked..thank you very much....

2009-12-25T01:18:22.391-06:00

the 1st method really worked..thank you very much..sound is now working...startup sound is also proper.

It is very simple!!! To enable Gnome Volume Contr...

2009-11-26T19:07:24.276-06:00

It is very simple!!!

To enable Gnome Volume Control Applet you have to install a few deb-packages from "audiohacks PPA" repository
https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/ppa

The instruction is here:
How to enable Gnome Volume Control Applet on Ubuntu 9.10 after the removal of PulseAudio
http://n2.nabble.com/

Same here. The volume keys on my laptop weren'...

2009-11-21T15:46:09.507-06:00

Same here. The volume keys on my laptop weren't working, Totem had no sound at all, and no volume control was present in gnome. I'm running Ubuntu 9.10, all I did was install esound. It uninstalled automatically some PA components and now everything works perfectly. PA is poor.

Drat! I just removed Fedora and installed Ubuntu t...

2009-11-15T11:58:02.645-06:00

Drat! I just removed Fedora and installed Ubuntu to try to get away from pulseaudio.

I'm off to try Suse now to see if it works better.

I did remove Karmic Koala's PA and solved my p...

2009-11-15T11:11:05.327-06:00

I did remove Karmic Koala's PA and solved my problem. A big thanks!

IMHO, the PulseAudio installation was not ready fo...

2009-11-02T07:30:44.832-06:00

IMHO, the PulseAudio installation was not ready for "prime time" in earlier Ubuntu distributions (e.g. Hardy, Intrepid). Sound was inconsistent at best. I've heard that the problem was with the implementation of PulseAudio in those Ubuntu distros, not with PulseAudio itself...but regardless it didn't work properly "out of the box".

Without going into details

I couldn't hear a thing before attempting this...

2009-10-31T08:17:35.727-05:00

I couldn't hear a thing before attempting this fix, and now my sound is back to normal. Highly recommended, worked perfectly for me!

Hi redDEAD ! In Ubuntu 9.10, you have to fix some...

2009-10-19T16:35:37.918-05:00

Hi redDEAD !

In Ubuntu 9.10, you have to fix something after the removal of PulseAudio.
These two things:

gnome-sound-properties
asoundconf-gtk

It is not difficult. You have to borrow something from Ubuntu 9.04.
Read this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/asoundconf-gtk/+bug/378675

It is not often that I call people out in the comm...

2009-10-19T16:20:26.350-05:00

It is not often that I call people out in the comments but Matt C your completely wrong.

You can remove pulse audio, most people just have to run the purge command, if you experiencing problems install alsa. Pulse Audio is integrated in Gnome but Gnome can and does work fine without Pulse.

try:

sudo apt-get alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-oss linux-sound-base

Hi 6p00d8341c214553ef! I is not really clear what...

2009-10-19T16:10:19.943-05:00

Hi 6p00d8341c214553ef!

I is not really clear what you did, and, therefore, it might be difficult to help.
Why not install another Ubuntu in dual boot on the same box (for experiments, 10GB is enough)?
What is your soundcard?
(in this format: lspci -v )
In a word, the Russian hackers have already successfully removed PulseAudio from Ubuntu 9.10 Beta.

Removing pulseaudio causes the wireless device to ...

2009-10-19T14:37:33.869-05:00

Removing pulseaudio causes the wireless device to stop working in my Inspiron mini, ubuntu 8.04

Do not remove pulseaudio. It has been incorporated into the distro in a non-reversible way.

If you do not want pulseaudio, I recommend using another distro or not purchasing a mini.

careful. I did the removal on my Dell Mini 10 and ...

2009-10-16T16:55:28.447-05:00

careful. I did the removal on my Dell Mini 10 and after reboot got this: "usr/bin/f3507g_autosuspend: didn't find any MBM modules to handle" Had to boot from DD (glad I bought an external DvD player and reinstalled. Still getting the error. am researching the modle I need to reinstall and try and fix. if anyone has any tips then let me know

The missing links: http://www.theregister.co.uk/20...

2009-10-03T18:05:31.455-05:00

The missing links:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/17/linux_kernel_exploit/
QUOTE: "The exploit works only when a security extension knows as SELinux, or Security-Enhanced Linux, is enabled. Conversely, it also works when audio software known as PulseAudio is installed."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/24/botnet_economics/
http://www.google.com/search?q=

That "Seriously...." means that it will ...

2009-10-03T17:26:55.795-05:00

That "Seriously...." means that it will be impossible to remove PulseAudio from any sort of Ubuntu in the near future.
They are seriously building a kind of Berlin Wall to prevent a massive escape from PulseAudio. It is a trap, my friends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall

PulseAudio is a security risk, first of all.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/

I disagree pulse sucks, I dont need the extra laye...

2009-09-29T21:48:27.437-05:00

I disagree pulse sucks, I dont need the extra layer. I Skype and listen to flash content on the mini 9. Since I left pulse I havent had any problems.

Seriously.... Quit blaming pulseaudio for all of t...

2009-09-29T20:42:37.958-05:00

Seriously.... Quit blaming pulseaudio for all of these issues. The underlying problem in 99.9% of cases is ALSA or ALSA-related. Before uninstalling pulseaudio, try upgrading to to the latest ALSA (currently version 1.0.21). There is a script that makes upgrading ALSA so easy that practically anyone can utilise this updated version of ALSA. Have a look at this post from soundcheck on the Ubuntu

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1229804&a...

2009-09-27T18:30:30.424-05:00

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1229804&page=3
Temüjin: "Removing pulseaudio is okay for now, but GNOME is becoming increasingly dependent on Pulseaudio. In Ubuntu 9.10, it's a real challenge to go without PulseAudio (I run an Ubuntu 9.10 with OSS4 and the volume control and sound settings dialogs don't run without it.)"

Katalog: "... they will

QOUTE: "I simply want to watch videos, listen...

2009-09-24T10:24:38.757-05:00

QOUTE: "I simply want to watch videos, listen to music and talk on Skype without problems."

If you want to enjoy music and Skype working perfectly, you may try OSS4.
The exact howto is here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

Check first, if your soundcard is supported by OSS4.

The theory is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

see: How to remove PulseAudio and fix sound with A...

2009-09-23T17:12:18.410-05:00

see: How to remove PulseAudio and fix sound with ALSA and ESound

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=32725

sudo killall pulseaudio

cp /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio ~/

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio

sudo apt-get install -y esound esound-clients esound-common libesd-alsa0

sudo reboot

The sound preferences applet in Karmic is differen...

2009-09-22T09:58:31.262-05:00

The sound preferences applet in Karmic is different than in 9.04 and doesn't provide a drop down menu of device chioices (e.g. ALSA, PulseAudio). How do you choose ALSA over PulseAudio in Karmic?

works better for me as well after removing PulseAu...

2009-09-20T06:04:31.340-05:00

works better for me as well after removing PulseAudio, only thing that sucks is the log-in ubuntu sound... it's not fluid anymore..

but well, i'm going to remove it anyway.

Thanks for this. I could find no way of making pul...

2009-09-15T14:59:16.103-05:00

Thanks for this. I could find no way
of making pulseaudio work atall, and I followed up the suggestions on many different forum pages.

worked for me pretty good I have to "uninsta...

2009-09-15T13:49:33.101-05:00

worked for me pretty good

I have to "uninstall" also the metapackage ubuntu-netbook-remix. Actually, it haven't uninstalled something but just be marked as not being in the system because pulseaudio is missed too.