How to use ALSA instead of pulseaudio without uninstalling pulseaudio?

Question

So when pulseaudio is installed on my computer, there is no sound. However, if I uninstall pulseaudio, the ubuntu sound indicator has to be uninstalled too. How can I use ALSA by default without having pulseaudio uninstalled? Or, how can I uninstall pulseaudio without uninstalling the sound-indicator?

Solution

Open your terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install gconf-editor

Then

gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink "alsasink"
gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink "alsasink"

If you want to enable it for Audio/Video Conf also then

gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/chataudiosink "alsasink"

for more information & Indeed credit too.

Comments

[Markus Eisele]

After trying this on ubuntu 13.10, pulseaudio is still running, and there is no sound.

[mx7]

ok do one thing Purge pulse audio. don't worry about notification sound applet. by having gnome alsa mixer installation we can get it back

[Markus Eisele]

so how do you get indicator-sound back without installing pulse audio?

[mx7]

howto.blbosti.com/2010/04/…

[Markus Eisele]

No, I want specificity, the indicator sound app back.