PS: On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 12:56 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I agree with Heiko Baums and Oon-Ee Ng, this is possible because ... > > If PA should be able to solve the OP's issue, then it's unimportant what > issues PA could cause. > > If somebody replies with a guess, that PA might solve the issue on > GNOME, because KMix is able to solve it, then a hint, that PA could > cause serious issues IMO is ok. I suspect that PA already is installed, since the OP referred to GNOME. Less people run GNOME without PA. So neither doesn't PA cause an issue for the OP, nor does it satisfy the OP's needs.