I think the important bit is that "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio" is removed and hence pulseaudio is not started with the session. However, I think I also tried to rm this file (without removing the package) and found pulseaudio running again.
"sudo apt-get remove -purge pulseaudio" will remove "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio". "sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio" will not. My knowledge of apt is sketchy at best (I'm an ex-gentoo user), so I'm not exactly sure where to look to truly figure out what else apt is doing. -- Crackling noise after update to pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs