Safely Remove Pulseaudio?

[yadayada2]

sudo dpkg --purge libcanberra-pulse pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-udev pulseaudio-module-x11 gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils pavucontrol
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove libcanberra-pulse which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio-esound-compat which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio-module-gconf which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio-module-udev which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio-module-x11 which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pulseaudio-utils which isn't installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove pavucontrol which isn't installed.

asoundrc is there, but it includes only the position of .asoundrc.asoundconf. This file reads like this:

pcm.!default { type pulse }
ctl.!default { type pulse }

[yadayada2]

martin@acer > find /etc/ -name "*alsa*" 2>/dev/null < ~
/etc/apm/scripts.d/alsa
/etc/apm/resume.d/20alsa
/etc/apm/suspend.d/80alsa
/etc/default/alsa
/etc/init/alsa-mixer-save.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.dpkg-dist
/etc/init.d/alsa-mixer-save

and

martin@acer (1) > find /etc/ -name "*pulse*" 2>/dev/null < ~
/etc/pulse

[yadayada2]

and check if any of found *alsa* files doesn't invoke PulseAudio in any way.

What do you mean by this?

[mgol]

asoundrc is there, but it includes only the position of .asoundrc.asoundconf. This file reads like this:

OK, it seems to be the source of the problem, they obviously refer to PA. Is this a file in Your home directory? Then delete both .asoundrc and .asoundrc.asoundconf (You can move them to the backup directory if You don't want to risk). After a reboot it should work.

[yadayada2]

I am sorry to say, but it still doesn' work. For now I will call it a night and try again tomorrow. Thanks again for all your help.

[mgol]

I'm out of ideas. Thos .asoundrc files suggest non-standard configuration (by default those files are not created). I believe with default installation everything should work properly. Maybe try to remember what You edited in the past and look into those files - I believe You have pulse entries written there.

[teamanx]

Actually, there is no sound properties in the "System" menu. What you have to do is adding the volume control applet to the panel, right-click on it, and selecting "Open volume control". Here is the sound properties dialog. Now, try to change the switches and sliders, specially those in the "Recording" tab, and see if you can record from the microphone. Some cards have also a switch called "Mic record" on the "Switches" tab.

[mgol]

Atry to change the switches and sliders, specially those in the "Recording" tab, and see if you can record from the microphone.

I doubt it'll help as he still has some PulseAudio junk in his OS...

[yadayada2]

@teamanx: Unfortunately, it's not as simple as that...

[yadayada2]

Do you have more hints how to narrow down what's causing the problem?