[Bug 17097] New: Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

Summary: Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to
                    initialize
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.10
          Platform: PC-x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: winmm&mci
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Wine and winecfg worked fine for me a few days ago.  I'm running Gentoo, and I
re-emerged my system (everything went well), but now I receive the following
error when I try to run a program in Wine, or start winecfg, and neither
program will start:

hcontrol.c:330: _snd_hctl_find_elem: Assertion `hctl->compare' failed.
err:module:attach_process_dlls "winmm.dll" failed to initialize, aborting
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\windows\system32\winecfg.exe" failed, status 80000101

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail]  2009-01-23 13:33:56 ---
Sorry for double posting, but when I boot with kernel-2.6.26-r4, winecfg works.
 I suspect, then, that it's a problem with my new kernel configuration.  Does
WINE use the old ALSA API?  Perhaps it's not working because I removed support
for that from the kernel?

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

--- Comment #2 from H. Verbeet   2009-01-23 13:58:42 ---
Does it hang on a call to snd_pcm_open() on the capture device by any chance?
Which version of alsa-lib are you using?

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

[e-mail] changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #3 from [e-mail]  2009-01-23 14:23:10 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Does it hang on a call to snd_pcm_open() on the capture device by any chance?
> Which version of alsa-lib are you using?

Thanks for your help!  I just fixed the problem myself.  I tried booting with
kernel-2.6.26-r4, and it worked fine.  So I edited my kernel .config file
(2.6.27-r7) and set:

[code]CONFIG_SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API=y[/code]

Recompiled my kernel, copied it to my boot directory, and rebooted, and now
WINE works fine. :-)  Apparently WINE still wants kernel support for the old
ALSA API?  Just in case you're still wondering, though, I'm using
alsa-lib-1.0.17a, and I'm using the relatively new xfi-drivers-1.00 for my
Sound Blaster X-Fi card.  Thank you again, and sorry for posting something that
I caused and should have just fixed myself.

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

Austin English  changed:

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         Resolution|FIXED                       |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from Austin English   2009-01-23 15:58:27 ---
It's invalid then, nothing was fixed in wine.

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

Lei Zhang  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #5 from Lei Zhang   2009-01-23 16:05:34 ---
Closing invalid.

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

Antonio  changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Antonio   2010-01-06 03:57:49 ---
You can fix winmm.dll problem, without recompiling the kernel, by setting your
audio output to oss in winecfg. Run winecfg, switch to audio tab, select oss
output. If you can't access winecfg, please try the following steps: disable
any soundcard which is giving problem (i.e. remove usb soundcards, disable
internal ones from bios), then run winecfg, set the right output, enable all
your soundcards, reboot. For me, everything has worked fine since I took these
steps.

[Bug 17097] Wine and wincfg won't start, winmm.dll failed to initialize

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17097

--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2010-01-06 11:31:10 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> You can fix winmm.dll problem, without recompiling the kernel, by setting your
> audio output to oss in winecfg. Run winecfg, switch to audio tab, select oss
> output. If you can't access winecfg, please try the following steps: disable
> any soundcard which is giving problem (i.e. remove usb soundcards, disable
> internal ones from bios), then run winecfg, set the right output, enable all
> your soundcards, reboot. For me, everything has worked fine since I took these
> steps.

Or just use 'winetricks sound=oss'.