tiko wrote: > err:mixer:MIX_Open ioctl(/dev/mixer, SOUND_MIXER_DEVMASK) failed (Device not configured) > > Immediately after launching an application and receiving that error, the entire OS hangs and must be manually rebooted. (I have launched applications from terminal as well as within a file manager) This points to something being wrong with your sound drivers. Wine is a 100% user app by definition it shouldn't be able to lockup your PC. However bad/mis-configured drivers can.