http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16052
--- Comment #6 from Rasto Sramek rasto@ns.ksp.sk 2008-11-14 10:50:16 --- (In reply to comment #5)
What sound driver is selected in winecfg? Are you using pulseaudio or any other sound servers?
Happens with any of OSS only, alsa only, oss/alsa. No soundserver is running on top of alsa.