>> there were some updates this morning for pulse audio related stuff, i dont know if the apps i have running through wine were working before the updates (eg - when i first switched the system on, before i installed the updates) but they dont now. >> > > >Try killing Pulseaudio and see if your Wine apps run normally. Recent Ubuntu updates automatically re-install and activate pulseaudio. It's very annoying to me, who have intentionally uninstalled it. I've had it happen twice.
