Hi, I think this is what you need. I copied it from the restorespeech script in Vinux 3.0. It should set pulse to run system wide, hopefully lol. #code sed -i 's/PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=0/PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=1/' /etc/default/pulseaudio sed -i 's/^ *; *autospawn *= *yes *$/autospawn = no/' /etc/pulse/client.conf rm -f /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop sed -i 's/^OnlyShowIn=XFCE; $/OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;/' /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-volume-control-applet.desktop sed -i 's/load-module module-native-protocol-unix$/load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1/' /etc/pulse/system.pa if [ "`grep 'sleep 4' /etc/init.d/pulseaudio`" = "" ]; then sed -i 's/\tstart-stop-daemon\(.*\)--start/\tsleep 4\n \tstart-stop-daemon\1--start/' /etc/init.d/pulseaudio fi HTH Storm -- Vinux Publicity Coordinator: http://www.vinuxproject.org/ Registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ Need a safe and easy way to backup and share files? Try Dropbox: http://db.tt/jeY50HR "One more time we stare into the blackened sky, for tonight, in our hearts now we feel. One last time see our destiny reveal." DragonForce - The Last Journey Home On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 00:39 -0500, mike wrote: > ok, thanks for that i am having a dumb moment what can i do to make it run in > system wide mode I haven't had to do that sense i messed around with making > my own vinux. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessiblelinux-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:accessiblelinux-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Storm Dragon > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:50 PM > To: accessiblelinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [accessiblelinux] Re: interesting debian question > > Hi, > If you have pulseaudio installed it has to be set system wide for you to have > speech in both. There is some low security risk when you set it to run system > wide, so it is not set by default. If you are using gnome3 then pulse is > installed because it is a dependancy. > HTH > Storm >