David A. De Graaf wrote: > 2 - Sounds work only while running gnome, because only gnome > knows how to start the daemon. I don't use gnome; I use XFCE4. > Why would starting this sound daemon be assigned to a window manager, > of all things? > What perverted software architect makes using the sound system > dependent on a window manager - any window manager? While targetted for kde users, much of the same information may help you for xfce4: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RexDieter/PulseAudioKDE -- Rex