http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21014
--- Comment #2 from Sjir Bagmeijer sbagmeijer@live.com 2009-12-15 01:46:49 --- My Distribution is Fedora Core 12, The sound is pulse I think that is installed, just to note all other games have perfect sound such as World of Warcraft, eve online, Mini Ninjas etc.
Also we just checked this on Ubuntu 9.10, it installs there without problems to playing no problem either, but the sound error is exactly the same on ubuntu also. (didn't ask what he has selected will ask when he is online)