Hey, I was wondering if someone could help me out here. I am running Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.18-4-386. My problem is that after installing and starting Pulseaudio I cannot run any ALSA applications. When I go to "Gstreamer Properties" and select ALSA it doesn't work, but ALSA does work when I am not running Pulseaudio. Sound in general does work when I use Pulseaudio, I just have to force some applications to use Pulseaudio. I am still using all of the default configuration files, I have not changed a thing. I added the ./asoundrc file specified in the "Perfect Setup" page but that seems to have no affect. However, when I try the configuration file from the Gentoo Linux ALSA Wiki for Pulseaudio as my /etc/pulse/default.pa, then everything works. I can use ALSA with Pulseaudio. This is because the Gentoo configuration files sets the default ALSA device as "dmix"   This is obviously unnecessary if you're using Pulseaudio. I don't want to take the performance hit of using dmix with Pulseaudio because I want the speed. So, I go back to the default configuration file. Anyway, I guess I need some assistance in getting a good Pulseaudio configuration for my system. If you would like anymore information, please feel free to drop me a line.!! Thanks for your help in Advance!!!