diff -ur phonon-4.3.80/phonon/globalconfig.cpp phonon-4.3.80-pulseaudio-device-priorities/phonon/globalconfig.cpp
--- phonon-4.3.80/phonon/globalconfig.cpp	2009-12-03 20:29:35.000000000 +0100
+++ phonon-4.3.80-pulseaudio-device-priorities/phonon/globalconfig.cpp	2010-01-22 15:57:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "pulsesupport_p.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QList>
+#include <QtCore/QHash>
 #include <QtCore/QVariant>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -314,6 +315,15 @@
                     | ((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)["icon"].toString() == "audio-backend-pulseaudio") {
+                list.removeFirst();
+                defaultList.prepend(firstIndex);
+            }
+        }
         defaultList += list;
     }
 
@@ -394,6 +404,15 @@
                     | ((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)["icon"].toString() == "audio-backend-pulseaudio") {
+                list.removeFirst();
+                defaultList.prepend(firstIndex);
+            }
+        }
         defaultList += list;
     }