> first of all what version of TDE are you using? I'm on R14.0.9 PSB. > There were various issues in KMix up to R14.0.8 and what you described is not so unfamiliar to > me. Yes, I reported at least one bug related to KMix. Thanks to the fixes that were pushed to R14.0.9 a few weeks ago all the PulseAudio-KMix interaction issues on my laptop have been resolved. Now I'm configuring a new desktop PC and have run into problems I described in my previous email. I have some ideas for debugging and a potential workaround, but I need to find the time to see whether any of my ideas actually work. I think my biggest concern right now is that if I uninstall PulseAudio I don't get any sound at all (e.g. Amarok complains no output was detected, as if ALSA was not available) - this is weird and something I have not run into in the past. Janek