Traditionally, UNIX systems were supporting multiseat desktop sessions (i.e. multiple keyboards, video cards, monitors attached to one PC). According to: http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode What is wrong with system mode? Or with other words: if you run it that way on your desktop, then you are doing it the wrong way. What is the correct way to use PulseAudio with multiseat systems? -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org