diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp.gst-pulsaudio qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp
--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp.gst-pulsaudio	2009-11-27 02:27:50.000000000 +0100
+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp	2009-12-01 13:36:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ bool AudioOutput::setOutputDevice(int ne
         // Save previous state
         GstState oldState = GST_STATE(m_audioSink);
         const QByteArray oldDeviceValue = GstHelper::property(m_audioSink, "device");
-        const QByteArray deviceId = deviceList.at(deviceIdx).gstId;
+        const QByteArray deviceId = (deviceList.at(deviceIdx).gstId == "PulseAudio"
+                                    ? "default"
+                                    : deviceList.at(deviceIdx).gstId);
         m_device = newDevice;
 
         // We test if the device can be opened by checking if it can go from NULL to READY state
diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp.gst-pulsaudio qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp
--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp.gst-pulsaudio	2009-11-27 02:27:50.000000000 +0100
+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.0/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp	2009-12-01 13:04:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ AudioDevice::AudioDevice(DeviceManager *
     //get name from device
     if (gstId == "default") {
         description = "Default audio device";
+    } else if (gstId == "PulseAudio") {
+        description = QObject::tr("Pass all audio through the PulseAudio Sound Server.\n").toUtf8();
     } else {
         GstElement *aSink= manager->createAudioSink();
 
@@ -178,6 +180,18 @@ GstElement *DeviceManager::createAudioSi
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!sink) {
+                sink = gst_element_factory_make ("pulsesink", NULL);
+                if (canOpenDevice(sink)) {
+                    m_backend->logMessage("AudioOutput using pulse audio sink");
+                    m_audioSink = "pulsesink";
+                }
+                else if (sink) {
+                    gst_object_unref(sink);
+                    sink = 0;
+                }
+            }
+
 #ifdef USE_ALSASINK2
             if (!sink) {
                 sink = gst_element_factory_make ("_k_alsasink", NULL);
@@ -311,8 +325,12 @@ void DeviceManager::updateDeviceList()
     QList<QByteArray> list;
 
     if (audioSink) {
-        list = GstHelper::extractProperties(audioSink, "device");
-        list.prepend("default");
+        if (m_audioSink == "pulsesink") {
+            list.append("PulseAudio");
+        } else {
+            list = GstHelper::extractProperties(audioSink, "device");
+            list.prepend("default");
+        }
 
         for (int i = 0 ; i < list.size() ; ++i) {
             QByteArray gstId = list.at(i);