Removing pulseaudio

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:01 +0100
Avi Greenbury wrote:

> R Kimber wrote:
> > I'd like to remove pulseaudio, but it depends on ubuntu-destop, the
> > removal of which is not recommended since it depends on all of the
> > packages in the Ubuntu desktop system.
> 
> Is your intention to replace Pulse with anything else?

I think I just need ALSA.  I have a very simple requirement, namely to be
able to play via USB.

I don't find Pulseaudio easy to use. The Pulseaudio volume
control program doesn't seem to recognise my default USB sound card, so I
have no idea how to control it.  It used to work, but has recently stopped
working for no reason I can think of - maybe something got upgraded.

card 0: MDAC [Audiolab M-DAC], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

- Richard.
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