thank you,Stan,and everyone. In fact, i uses fedora13.the uname -a returns: Linux sc.sc 2.6.34.7-56.fc13.i686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 15 03:33:58 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux the version of Gnome is libgnome-2.30.0-1.fc13.i686 the version of pulseaudio is 0.9.21-6.fc13 er....some thing shamed me...the problem I have described seemd not so correct,today when i logging in the console(tty), as usual, the music is off. changed to the gnome,as usual,no change. but then i logout the console and changes into the gnome, the music *returns*.so,my question is, how can i change the settings to let the music played even if i switched into the console(and logged in). i know the wrong description is wasting our time..so sorry to everyone . especially Stan. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines