[Wine] Re: Interesting sound issue, multiple pcm & mixer devices

[vitamin]

tiko wrote:
> err:mixer:MIX_Open ioctl(/dev/mixer, SOUND_MIXER_DEVMASK) failed (Device not configured)
> 
> Immediately after launching an application and receiving that error, the entire OS hangs and must be manually rebooted.  (I have launched applications from terminal as well as within a file manager)

This points to something being wrong with your sound drivers. Wine is a 100% user app by definition it shouldn't be able to lockup your PC. However bad/mis-configured drivers can.