SDB:Disable PulseAudio
General instructions
OpenSUSE comes with a simple script and a YaST interface to disable PulseAudio for some applications in the system. To run it, open a terminal and do
sudo setup-pulseaudio --disable
The current status can be checked with
setup-pulseaudio --status
GNOME specific instructions
Refer to this wiki page for further information on disabling pulseaudio in a Gnome desktop environment.