> For me https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse works fine with Skype and > ALSA's plughw devices: "PulseAudio emulation for ALSA". > > -- Mark I tried this, too, but did not work. Pulseaudio is running once on my (KDE)- system, but after reboot, it is stopped. I must start pulseaudio manually at every reboot. It is a well known issue, but that way, pulseaudio is unacceptable for ME. Hans