I tried the howto, all but adding to the registry, I have ALSA selected as the audio driver, and everything in direct sound set to emulation. Here is what I get: err:ole:CoInitializeEx Attempt to change threading model of this apartment from multi-threaded to apartment threaded fixme:heap:RtlCompactHeap (0xb50000, 0x0) stub This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. This sound card's driver does not support direct access The (slower) DirectSound HEL mode will be used instead. fixme:dinput:SysMouseAImpl_Acquire Clipping cursor to (0,0)-(646,505) fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32cd28,0x00000000), stub! fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_CreateQuery (0x213198) Unhandled query type 4 fixme:d3d9:IDirect3DDevice9Impl_CreateQuery (0x1e50298) call to IWineD3DDevice_CreateQuery failed fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x213198) : stub fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x213198) : stub fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x213198) : stub fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x213198) : stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:d3d9:Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9 stub fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpFilterMemory fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpScanMemory fixme:dbghelp:dump_system_info fill in CPU vendorID and feature set wine: Unhandled division by zero at address 0x1c1dc9b (thread 001a), starting debugger... Unhandled exception: divide by zero in 32-bit code (0x01c1dc9b). Register dump: CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b EIP:01c1dc9b ESP:7daf58e8 EBP:7daf5974 EFLAGS:00010246( - 00 -RIZP1) EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:00000000 EDX:00000000 ESI:00000000 EDI:00000000 Stack dump: 0x7daf58e8: 00000000 00000000 01d01e08 01c1c755 0x7daf58f8: 113b0000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7daf5908: 00156e10 00003000 01d01b70 7daf5964 0x7daf5918: 01d01e08 00000000 000044e8 00000002 0x7daf5928: 01d04688 00000001 00000000 3f800000 0x7daf5938: 00000363 00000000 00000000 7daf59a4 Backtrace: =>1 0x01c1dc9b in wrap_oal (+0xdc9b) (0x7daf5974) 2 0x01c185f3 in wrap_oal (+0x85f3) (0x01d009a8) 0x01c1dc9b: divl %ecx,%eax Modules: Module Address Debug info Name (148 modules) PE 330000- 340000 Deferred openal32 PE 340000- 367000 Deferred xrcdb PE 370000- 3b3000 Deferred bugtrap PE 3c0000- 3e1000 Deferred eax PE 3f0000- 3f7000 Deferred xrcpu_pipe PE 400000- 58a000 Deferred xr_3da PE 590000- 66a000 Deferred xrcore PE 670000- 6b7000 Deferred xrlua PE 6c0000- 927000 Deferred d3dx9_31 PE c60000- c6f000 Deferred xrxmlparser PE 1440000- 1458000 Deferred xrparticles PE 1570000- 15ea000 Deferred xrrender_r1 PE 15f0000- 1bab000 Deferred xrgame PE 1bb0000- 1bc2000 Deferred xrnetserver PE 1bd0000- 1c04000 Deferred ode PE 1c10000- 1cf1000 Export wrap_oal PE 86d0000- 86e9000 Deferred xrgamespy PE 10000000-10039000 Deferred xrsound ELF 7b800000-7b92d000 Deferred kernel32<elf> \-PE 7b820000-7b92d000 \ kernel32 ELF 7bc00000-7bca4000 Deferred ntdll<elf> \-PE 7bc10000-7bca4000 \ ntdll ELF 7bf00000-7bf03000 Deferred <wine-loader> PE 7c340000-7c396000 Deferred msvcr71 PE 7c3a0000-7c41b000 Deferred msvcp71 ELF 7c7dd000-7c7f7000 Deferred wsock32<elf> \-PE 7c7e0000-7c7f7000 \ wsock32 ELF 7cce1000-7d7f6000 Deferred libglcore.so.1 ELF 7d7f6000-7d89a000 Deferred libgl.so.1 ELF 7d89a000-7d99d000 Deferred wined3d<elf> \-PE 7d8b0000-7d99d000 \ wined3d ELF 7d99d000-7d9cd000 Deferred d3d9<elf> \-PE 7d9a0000-7d9cd000 \ d3d9 ELF 7d9cd000-7d9d8000 Deferred libgcc_s.so.1 ELF 7d9da000-7d9e0000 Deferred libnss_dns.so.2 ELF 7d9e0000-7d9e3000 Deferred libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2 ELF 7dd19000-7dd1d000 Deferred libgpg-error.so.0 ELF 7dd1d000-7dd6a000 Deferred libgcrypt.so.11 ELF 7dd6a000-7dd7a000 Deferred libtasn1.so.3 ELF 7dd7a000-7dd7d000 Deferred libkeyutils.so.1 ELF 7dd7d000-7dd85000 Deferred libkrb5support.so.0 ELF 7dd85000-7ddb7000 Deferred libcrypt.so.1 ELF 7ddb7000-7de2d000 Deferred libgnutls.so.13 ELF 7de2d000-7de50000 Deferred libk5crypto.so.3 ELF 7de50000-7dedd000 Deferred libkrb5.so.3 ELF 7dedd000-7df06000 Deferred libgssapi_krb5.so.2 ELF 7df06000-7df39000 Deferred libcups.so.2 ELF 7df93000-7dfc6000 Deferred uxtheme<elf> \-PE 7dfa0000-7dfc6000 \ uxtheme ELF 7dfc6000-7dfda000 Deferred midimap<elf> \-PE 7dfd0000-7dfda000 \ midimap ELF 7dfda000-7dff1000 Deferred msacm32<elf> \-PE 7dfe0000-7dff1000 \ msacm32 ELF 7dff1000-7e0b4000 Deferred libasound.so.2 ELF 7e0b4000-7e0d9000 Deferred libaudiofile.so.0 ELF 7e0e4000-7e0e7000 Deferred libcom_err.so.2 ELF 7e0e7000-7e101000 Deferred wineesd<elf> \-PE 7e0f0000-7e101000 \ wineesd ELF 7e101000-7e10a000 Deferred libxcursor.so.1 ELF 7e10a000-7e10f000 Deferred libxfixes.so.3 ELF 7e10f000-7e112000 Deferred libxcomposite.so.1 ELF 7e112000-7e118000 Deferred libxrandr.so.2 ELF 7e118000-7e120000 Deferred libxrender.so.1 ELF 7e120000-7e123000 Deferred libxinerama.so.1 ELF 7e123000-7e143000 Deferred imm32<elf> \-PE 7e130000-7e143000 \ imm32 ELF 7e143000-7e148000 Deferred libxdmcp.so.6 ELF 7e148000-7e160000 Deferred libxcb.so.1 ELF 7e160000-7e162000 Deferred libxcb-xlib.so.0 ELF 7e162000-7e165000 Deferred libxau.so.6 ELF 7e165000-7e24c000 Deferred libx11.so.6 ELF 7e24c000-7e25a000 Deferred libxext.so.6 ELF 7e25a000-7e25f000 Deferred libxxf86vm.so.1 ELF 7e25f000-7e277000 Deferred libice.so.6 ELF 7e277000-7e27f000 Deferred libsm.so.6 ELF 7e27f000-7e281000 Deferred libnvidia-tls.so.1 ELF 7e281000-7e28b000 Deferred libesd.so.0 ELF 7e28d000-7e324000 Deferred winex11<elf> \-PE 7e2a0000-7e324000 \ winex11 ELF 7e341000-7e362000 Deferred libexpat.so.1 ELF 7e362000-7e38c000 Deferred libfontconfig.so.1 ELF 7e38c000-7e3a1000 Deferred libz.so.1 ELF 7e3a1000-7e411000 Deferred libfreetype.so.6 ELF 7e41f000-7e489000 Deferred msvcrt<elf> \-PE 7e430000-7e489000 \ msvcrt ELF 7e489000-7e4c0000 Deferred dinput<elf> \-PE 7e490000-7e4c0000 \ dinput ELF 7e4c0000-7e4d8000 Deferred dinput8<elf> \-PE 7e4d0000-7e4d8000 \ dinput8 ELF 7e4d8000-7e522000 Deferred dsound<elf> \-PE 7e4e0000-7e522000 \ dsound ELF 7e522000-7e537000 Deferred psapi<elf> \-PE 7e530000-7e537000 \ psapi ELF 7e537000-7e581000 Deferred dbghelp<elf> \-PE 7e540000-7e581000 \ dbghelp ELF 7e581000-7e623000 Deferred oleaut32<elf> \-PE 7e590000-7e623000 \ oleaut32 ELF 7e623000-7e644000 Deferred mpr<elf> \-PE 7e630000-7e644000 \ mpr ELF 7e644000-7e692000 Deferred wininet<elf> \-PE 7e650000-7e692000 \ wininet ELF 7e692000-7e6be000 Deferred ws2_32<elf> \-PE 7e6a0000-7e6be000 \ ws2_32 ELF 7e6be000-7e6f4000 Deferred winspool<elf> \-PE 7e6d0000-7e6f4000 \ winspool ELF 7e6f4000-7e74d000 Deferred shlwapi<elf> \-PE 7e700000-7e74d000 \ shlwapi ELF 7e74d000-7e860000 Deferred shell32<elf> \-PE 7e760000-7e860000 \ shell32 ELF 7e860000-7e90b000 Deferred comdlg32<elf> \-PE 7e870000-7e90b000 \ comdlg32 ELF 7e90b000-7e91e000 Deferred libresolv.so.2 ELF 7e92c000-7e94a000 Deferred iphlpapi<elf> \-PE 7e930000-7e94a000 \ iphlpapi ELF 7e94a000-7e9ab000 Deferred rpcrt4<elf> \-PE 7e960000-7e9ab000 \ rpcrt4 ELF 7e9ab000-7ea4f000 Deferred ole32<elf> \-PE 7e9c0000-7ea4f000 \ ole32 ELF 7ea4f000-7ea75000 Deferred msacm32<elf> \-PE 7ea60000-7ea75000 \ msacm32 ELF 7ea75000-7eab0000 Deferred avifil32<elf> \-PE 7ea80000-7eab0000 \ avifil32 ELF 7eab0000-7eb6f000 Deferred comctl32<elf> \-PE 7eac0000-7eb6f000 \ comctl32 ELF 7eb6f000-7eb83000 Deferred lz32<elf> \-PE 7eb70000-7eb83000 \ lz32 ELF 7eb83000-7eb9c000 Deferred version<elf> \-PE 7eb90000-7eb9c000 \ version ELF 7eb9c000-7ebee000 Deferred advapi32<elf> \-PE 7ebb0000-7ebee000 \ advapi32 ELF 7ebee000-7ec89000 Deferred gdi32<elf> \-PE 7ec00000-7ec89000 \ gdi32 ELF 7ec89000-7edd0000 Deferred user32<elf> \-PE 7eca0000-7edd0000 \ user32 ELF 7edd0000-7ee62000 Deferred winmm<elf> \-PE 7ede0000-7ee62000 \ winmm ELF 7ee62000-7ee8a000 Deferred msvfw32<elf> \-PE 7ee70000-7ee8a000 \ msvfw32 ELF 7efaa000-7efb5000 Deferred libnss_files.so.2 ELF 7efb5000-7efcd000 Deferred libnsl.so.1 ELF 7efcd000-7eff2000 Deferred libm.so.6 ELF 7eff6000-7f000000 Deferred libnss_nis.so.2 ELF b7ce2000-b7ceb000 Deferred libnss_compat.so.2 ELF b7cec000-b7cf0000 Deferred libdl.so.2 ELF b7cf0000-b7e3f000 Deferred libc.so.6 ELF b7e40000-b7e58000 Deferred libpthread.so.0 ELF b7e66000-b7f9c000 Deferred libwine.so.1 ELF b7f9e000-b7fba000 Deferred ld-linux.so.2 Threads: process tid prio (all id:s are in hex) 00000008 (D) C:\Program Files\THQ\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl\bin\XR_3DA.exe 00000022 0 00000021 0 0000001a 15 <== 00000018 0 00000009 0 0000000c 00000013 0 00000012 0 0000000e 0 0000000d 0 0000000f 00000015 0 00000014 0 00000011 0 00000010 0 00000016 00000017 0 Backtrace: =>1 0x01c1dc9b in wrap_oal (+0xdc9b) (0x7daf5974) 2 0x01c185f3 in wrap_oal (+0x85f3) (0x01d009a8) fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpFilterMemory fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpScanMemory fixme:dbghelp:dump_system_info fill in CPU vendorID and feature set err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x1cec460 "?" wait timed out in thread 0022, blocked by 001a, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0xb53f40 "?" wait timed out in thread 0009, blocked by 0022, retrying (60 sec) john@john-desktop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/THQ/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl/bin$ john@john-desktop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/THQ/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl/bin$ wineserver -k Any help would be appreciated. I don't understand, it appears as if something is blocking the program when sound is turned on?
