The workaround with setting "audio.pulseaudio_device: pulseaudio" just causes xine to use the alsa driver instead of pulseaudio because the device name is invalid. So, you could just change the audio.driver config to alsa instead, the effect will be the same.
Confirming this for Maverick as well.
The workaround with setting "audio. pulseaudio_ device: pulseaudio" just causes xine to use the alsa driver instead of pulseaudio because the device name is invalid. So, you could just change the audio.driver config to alsa instead, the effect will be the same.