diff -Naurw phonon-4.2.96/phonon/globalconfig.cpp phonon-4.2.96.pulseaudio/phonon/globalconfig.cpp

--- phonon-4.2.96/phonon/globalconfig.cpp	2008-11-27 16:41:41.000000000 +0100

+++ phonon-4.2.96.pulseaudio/phonon/globalconfig.cpp	2009-01-08 21:29:18.000000000 +0100

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@

 #include "phononnamespace_p.h"

 #include <QtCore/QList>

+#include <QtCore/QHash>

 #include <QtCore/QVariant>

 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

@@ -167,6 +168,15 @@

                     | ((override & HideUnavailableDevices) ? FilterUnavailableDevices : 0)

                     );

         }

+        // make PulseAudio the global default (assume it is already default in this list)

+        if (!list.isEmpty()) {

+            int firstIndex = list.first();

+            if (backendIface->objectDescriptionProperties(Phonon::AudioOutputDeviceType,

+                  firstIndex)["name"].toString() == "PulseAudio") {

+                list.removeFirst();

+                defaultList.prepend(firstIndex);

+            }

+        }

         defaultList += list;

     }

@@ -222,6 +232,15 @@

                     | ((override & HideUnavailableDevices) ? FilterUnavailableDevices : 0)

                   );

         }

+        // make PulseAudio the global default (assume it is already default in this list)

+        if (!list.isEmpty()) {

+            int firstIndex = list.first();

+            if (backendIface->objectDescriptionProperties(Phonon::AudioCaptureDeviceType,

+                  firstIndex)["name"].toString() == "PulseAudio") {

+                list.removeFirst();

+                defaultList.prepend(firstIndex);

+            }

+        }

         defaultList += list;

     }