Comment 38 for bug 1710993

Updating ubuntu-default-settings to 0.46.1 requires also to install these packages:

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  apg bluez-obexd cheese-common cups-pk-helper dconf-cli evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common evolution-data-server-online-accounts geoclue
  geoclue-ubuntu-geoip gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gkbd-capplet gnome-bluetooth gnome-desktop3-data gnome-session-bin gnome-settings-daemon-schemas gnome-user-share
  gsettings-ubuntu-schemas gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 gstreamer1.0-x hwdata ibus indicator-bluetooth indicator-datetime indicator-keyboard indicator-power
  indicator-sound indicator-sound-gtk2 libaccounts-glib0 libaccounts-qt5-1 libcanberra-pulse libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-gst-3.0-0 libebackend-1.2-10
  libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libecal-1.2-19 libedata-book-1.2-25 libedata-cal-1.2-28 libedataserver-1.2-21 libfftw3-single3 libgee-0.8-2
  libgeocode-glib0 libgeonames0 libgnome-bluetooth13 libgnome-desktop-3-12 libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd8 libgweather-3-6 libgweather-common libibus-1.0-5
  libido-0.1-0 libpulsedsp libsignon-extension1 libsignon-glib1 libsignon-plugins-common1 libsignon-qt5-1 libtimezonemap-data libtimezonemap1
  libunity-control-center1 libunity-settings-daemon1 liburl-dispatcher1 libwebrtc-audio-processing-0 mousetweaks nautilus-data pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-x11
  pulseaudio-utils rtkit session-migration signon-plugin-password signon-ui signon-ui-service signon-ui-x11 signond ubuntu-system-service ubuntu-touch-sounds
  unity-control-center unity-control-center-faces unity-settings-daemon
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I don't need these. Maybe you need to reconsider dependencies of this package. Why cheese or evolution packages are required to solve problem with alsa mixer or pulse audio.

I'm using currently ESR version of Firefox, which works fine with my audio.