http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28339
--- Comment #4 from Andrew Eikum aeikum@codeweavers.com 2011-09-12 08:15:41 CDT --- Created an attachment (id=36335) --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=36335) winealsa.drv: Allow creation of the default device even if all real devices failed to open
Thanks for the nice report. Can you apply this patch to latest Git and try again?