Ubuntu Removing pulse audio from ubuntu 10.04/10

Your probably reading this because unlike the X number of fans of Pulse Audio out there who insist Pulse audio is perfect, Your having difficulty for any number of reasons, Mine personally was because it did not run well at all on my Netbook which has limited resources available, Thus leaving sound something to be desired during Video calls for instance.

This i have compiled after many hours of cussing and head scrating, trolling site after site of information that only gives you half the battle, and leaves you with broken audio applets, no shortcut keys or no audio at all...

My Aim here is to *Remove* pulse audio (not just cripple it) and restore some useful things such as a working volume applet for Alsa (not pulse), and our beloved short-cut keys.

Remove pulse (completely)
Code:
sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio


(this will remove a dummy ubuntu-desktop package aswell, dont worry its safe)

Remove any local config files that may cause issues
Code:
rm -rf ~/.pulse


Install its replacement and a nice little volume control program (esound may be optional, I haven't tested it without)
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sudo apt-get install esound gnome-alsamixer


now edit your apt-list, we're going to add a repository that contains the mixer applet we need.
Open /etc/apt/sources.list in your favorite Text Editor
eg.

Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list


Paste the following lines at the bottom: Note: Remember to replace lucid with the code name of your distro if you are not running 10.04
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deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dtl131/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dtl131/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

Save and close

run the following in terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com F76FFEBE


then do,
Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


it will now install/update a few things you need, once its finished, restart your machine

Log back in, and on the panel of your choice, right click, and select "Add to Panel..."
in the search type volume and in the list, Volume Control should appear, select it and click Add.

and your done.
Keyboard short cuts should also work with this new (old) applet in place.

Enjoy.