wine users - Dec 2009 - Problem running The Last Remnant

Despite following all the instructions on the application database for running
the last remnant, it doesn't go past the splash screen.

I have all the registery edits and openAL of the latest version available on the
Ubuntu repository.
I'm been trying WINE versions 1.1.33-35 with different things installed by
winetricks in each wineprefix (ie6,dx9,dotnet20,vcrun2005 and sometimes others)
and set desktop emulation to 1280x1024.
I'm running this on Ubuntu 9.10 with GeForce 8600.

Any ideas? Wine doesn't show any errors - it simply leaves the splash image
onscreen and doesn't go ingame.

the openAL version that is available in the ubuntu repositories is 1.8, you need
at least 1.10.
so try the alternative that is listed in the appDB: create a file .alsoftrc in
/home/your_user_name/ and insert the following two lines:
slots=1
sends=1 

as stated in the appDb entry that fixes the problem. if it is surprisingly still
there post again here and use wine 1.1.32 until we find a solution for you ;-)

(btw: more information on this problem can be found in bugzilla:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20724 )

Oh! I was certain the required version was 1.1 and that that is no different
from 1.10
Thanks for clarifying on how to make the .alsoftrc though, it works like a charm
now!

Thanks.