Martin, ! Welcome from Austin ! on the <a href="http://ubuntuforum.org">ubuntuforum.org</a>, Markbuntu provides a comprehensive thread on Sound starting with 8.04 and he currently uses 9.10 Karmic Kaola; he covers sound for ubuntu studio within his thread <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997506&highlight=sound">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997506&highlight=sound</a> I believe the guidance given therein may help answer your questions about removing the Pulseaudio soundserver. Apologies for not going toe to toe with an answer. Perhaps others have better guidance but try this thread for starters. Kenneth <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Martin Horn <<a href="mailto:martin.horn@ostec.org">martin.horn@ostec.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi All, I am new to this list, although I am using Ubuntu Studio for a while now and was really happy with it so far - so thanks for all the work! Today I found out that I can not configure my external soundcard properly for the use with JACK as I am not able to remove the Pulseaudio soundserver. I need to modify my .asoundrc and it is recommended by the Ubuntu wiki to completely remove Pulseaudio, which is not possible without removing the Ubuntu Studio desktop. Can anybody give an advice to remove Pulseaudio from Karmic? I want to use only Alsa and JACK. Thanks for any help! Martin from Berlin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div>