I'm getting USB devices with names like: alsa_output.usb_device_ffffffff_ffffffff_noserial_if0_alsa_playback_0 When I look in HAL the name is: alsa_output.usb_device_471_155_noserial_if0_alsa_playback_0 My guess is that pulse is getting the name out of HAL before HAL has received the reply from the USB device describing it's USB ID.HAL probably starts the name off as FFFFFFFF and changes it when the USB device responds. This is happening pretty much every time I unplug/plug one of my USB devices. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl at gmail.com