http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10849
--- Comment #6 from Susan Cragin susancragin@earthlink.net 2008-02-06 14:12:10 --- I tested. The fault was with my system. The CPU was running at 100% and nothing was running correctly.
including: wineserver -k
The problem is unknown but has been filed as a bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio/+bug/188625
If the bug below is accurate, we can expect many bad things from older AMD processors, of which mine is one, and the current and subsequent Ubuntu kernels. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/188739
I have solved my problem by purchasing a new Intel computer.