Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 2) The various audio categories all show the following list of devices: > HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog) > default (lower-case 'd') > hw:0,0 > Default (upper-case 'D') > PulseAudio Sound Server > <nothing> (i.e. an icon with no text) There should be an entry saying just "PulseAudio" (the native PulseAudio backend) at the top of that list. It appears to be missing, that sounds like a bug. Which Phonon backend are you using? The Xine backend is strongly recommended, the GStreamer one is very buggy. Kevin Kofler