In current git, Bioshock is unable to start because of this issue : AL lib: oss.c:173: Could not open /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy The sound driver checked in winecfg is ALSA "chmod 666 /dev/dsp" (ref : http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-users at lists.sourceforge.net/msg06946.html) did not help. Do you have another solution to suggest? Thanks!
Just to be sure, does the problem happen if you reboot and then not use any app that touches the sound card before starting bioshock/ (what version of wine? what desktop/linux?)
Oh, and come to think of it, what does lsof /dev/dsp say?
Yes it does. I also tested the app with vanilla wine and with the winepulse plugin. lsof /dev/dsp yields nothing.. Smells fishy.