the openAL version that is available in the ubuntu repositories is 1.8, you need at least 1.10. so try the alternative that is listed in the appDB: create a file .alsoftrc in /home/your_user_name/ and insert the following two lines: slots=1 sends=1 as stated in the appDb entry that fixes the problem. if it is surprisingly still there post again here and use wine 1.1.32 until we find a solution for you ;-) (btw: more information on this problem can be found in bugzilla: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20724 )