how to disable pulseaudio

[H.S.]

H.S. wrote:
> 
> On that hardy machine, the exact message I get is this:
> ~$ alsamixer
> ALSA lib control.c:874:(snd_ctl_open_conf) Cannot open shared library
> /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so
> 
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or
> directory
> 
> What gives?
> 

Replying to my own message. I have seen that alsamixer command by itself
though may not work, but by specifying the card number (obtained from
'aplay -l' command), it works. For example:

$> alsamixer
*** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused
$> aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
$> alsamixer -c 0

The first command doesn't work. The second command gives me my card's
number. The third command using that number works.

So looks like pulseaudio is somehow fiddling with the default card
number of the system.

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