Found a workaround. For anyone listening. (and this is assuming you already purged pulseaudio)
# sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-oss gnome-alsamixer Now you need asoundconf; # wget http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~crimsun/asoundconf-ui/asoundconf- trunk/download/head%3A/asoundconf-20070710013131-u0ilplzisbkiiyt2-1/asoundconf # sudo chown root:root asoundconf # sudo chmod 755 asoundconf # sudo mv asoundconf /usr/bin/ # asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: YOUR CARD1 YOUR CARD2 # asoundconf set-default-card YOUR CARD1 Now you will need to tweak your volume settings from Applications> sound and video> GNOME ALSA Mixer All that is left is I need to figure out how to get the mixer into the dock. If anyone knows how to do this please update this bug report. ALSA Lives on!!!!!!! -- [karmic] removing pulseaudio breaks sound control https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
