Subject: bug#42175: "pulseaudio? #f" setting does not prevent pulseaudio from autostarting

From: Leo Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:20:02 +0200

I don't think pulseaudio autostarting is governed by alsa.  There are
two options you can try.

1. disable autospawning through configuration.  For that, try setting
the client-conf field of the pulseaudio-configuration to 
  '((autospawn . no))
2. Removing the pulseaudio package from gnome and anywhere else it
might be propagated.  (I don't think it is propagated in other
services).

Regards, Leo