<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> I decided to remove PulseAudio completely in an effort to have sound again, as in Karmic. It worked once I un-muted stuff and set sound levels. In case anyone else is having the same trouble: uninstall:  PulseAudio and gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio install:  alsa-base, allsa-tools, alsa-tools-gui, alsa-utils, slsamixer-gui, linux-sound-base, libesd-alsa0, and gnome-alsamixer Most of the alsa stuff is already there - just use Synaptic. If it's green, it's already installed. Then menu > multimedia > alsamixergui (and Gnome Alsa Mixer and Mixer - open all three) and set all the outputs to un-muted and full (or near full) volume. I realize that when it's ready, PulseAudio will offer some cool advantages. But on my 'puter at least, PulseAudio was the reason I had no sound at all. I also replaced Brasero with Xfburn (Brasero always made coasters while Xfburn has been great). The new Thunderbird is so completely different from what I was used to (for example, the instant it had my gmail settings it created a half-dozen new folders and began filling them - including the trash!), that I replaced it with SeaMonkey. It works just like good ol' Thunderbird 2.0 (except for the Lightning extension), and is available through the Software Center or Synaptic. Simply edit the settings to have it open Mail and News at start-up instead of the Browser. I now have my LTS that works just like Karmic did. Sound and all. Offered to those of you who loved Karmic Xubuntu and wished it was as good as Karmic Xubuntu was, Robin </body> </html>