wine users - Jul 2010 - Monkey Island 2: Special Edition from Steam

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 64bit on a Thinkpad T500, I believe I'm using
the integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics that come with it.  I'm using the
default WINE install, I think version 1.1.42.  I'm trying to run Monkey
Island 2: Special Edition downloaded from Steam.

It actually sort of works.  It installed just fine.  When I first ran it gave me
a blank screen and that was it.  Per the comments on the app page
(http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20722), I
installed and ran driconf and selected the enable ST3C option.  Note: I
haven't done the part with compiling or installing
"libtxc_dxtn.so" yet.

After I enabled the driconf option, the game started, showed the initial
LucasArts logo, had a flickering screen (one time this actually showed Guybrush
tapping his foot...a waiting screen or something?), and then the main game menu
came up.  From there I was able to play the game.  So I'm close, but still
having these problems:

1) I can't get sound to work.  I've marked the ALSA box in Wine config,
and the test sound plays.  But I don't get any sound or music when I am in
the game.

2) For some reason it is now starting the game in a windowed mode.  I swear the
first time I did it, before I enabled sound in Wine, it was running fullscreen. 
There's no option to maximize, and I'm not seeing a config setting.  Is
there something somewhere I need to set?

3) I still occasionally have graphics issues.  It seems like 1 out of every 3 or
4 times I launch the game, I just get the plain black screen.  I'll close
out, start it again, and then it'll come up.  But still no sound.

I guess my questions are do I need to compile/do that ST3C stuff?  What does
that really do, and how will it affect the rest of my system?  I'm just wary
of messing with the graphics stuff on my machine because I've tried to
enable the discrete ATI drivers before on my system and it killed xorg and
everything...it was a pain getting things back to usable.  So I've stuck
with the integrated graphics, but they seem to work pretty well.

How can I get the sound to work?  Is there any way to test what the game is
doing or something?  I'm not seeing any errors or messages reported in any
logs, so I'm not sure where to start.

Any other suggestions or help or anything else I should try?  Thanks for any
info!

> 1) I can't get sound to work. I've marked the ALSA box in Wine
config, and the test sound plays. But I don't get any sound or music when I
am in the game.
I can confirm this but actually have not reported it because a new sound system
for Wine is in the works, and I'm waiting for that. If you want sound to
work now, you should probably post terminal output or make sure PulseAudio
isn't running.

> 2) For some reason it is now starting the game in a windowed mode. I swear
the first time I did it, before I enabled sound in Wine, it was running
fullscreen. There's no option to maximize, and I'm not seeing a config
setting. Is there something somewhere I need to set?
> 
There's an option in the game to set it fullscreen.

As for your graphics, well, it works 3 out of 4 times, right? That probably
means that it's a Wine issue from here. Once again, terminal output please.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log