diff -Nur gaim-2.0.0+beta5/gtk/gtksound.c gaim-2.0.0+beta5.new/gtk/gtksound.c
--- gaim-2.0.0+beta5/gtk/gtksound.c	2006-11-10 02:23:00.000000000 -0500
+++ gaim-2.0.0+beta5.new/gtk/gtksound.c	2006-11-11 15:44:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -448,9 +448,7 @@
 		return;
 	volume = (float)(CLAMP(gaim_prefs_get_int("/gaim/gtk/sound/volume"),0,100)) / 50;
 	if (!strcmp(method, "automatic")) {
-		if (gaim_running_gnome()) {
-			sink = gst_element_factory_make("gconfaudiosink", "sink");
-		}
+		sink = gst_element_factory_make("gconfaudiosink", "sink");
 		if (!sink)
 			sink = gst_element_factory_make("autoaudiosink", "sink");
 	} else if (!strcmp(method, "esd")) {