Not sound is a different issue so a different bug should be opened. gdm doesn't use esound by aplay, rejecting that task
** Changed in: esound (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Rejected -- gdm locks up system in few seconds after load https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29368 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs