I got it working. It is ironic, but now it works. Here's what I did. I reinstalled pulseaudio following the guidelines described here: http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=177587 I went into my winecfg and unchecked ALSA and OSS and checked the new eSOUND driver that has been added. Used Full Software Emulation as well as ticked the Driver Emulation. VOILA! Sound works in the new separate xserver. PJ