as i do like the pulseaudio server, i do not want to remove it completely. instead, each time i want to run a program thru wine i kill the pulseaudio. can be done by a hotkey or shortcut. ' killall pulseaudio done. Sound works. and when u want pulseaudio to run again, use this ' pulseaudio even simpler. So if you make shortcuts or hotkeys, this is a piece of cake. stop pulseaudio: ' killall pulseaudio start pulseaudio: ' pulseaudio p.s.: if you start pulseaudio again in a terminal, dont forget to start it as a deamon detached from the terminal or it will get terminated when you close your terminal emulator. p.p.s: who ever has read this has been reading it. ÖÖÖÖÖsdaäpkre,m dunno