wine users - Aug 2011 - No sound on ThinkPad -- mixer issue

I have no sound in wine. I open my application (Dragon NaturallySpeaking) and it
says the device is not responding. (Neither the mike jack nor the USB pod.)

When I run winecfg I get the following message. 
fixme:wave:ALSA_ComputeCaps Device has a minimum of 2 channels
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on ThinkPad Console Audio
Control, disabling mixer

So it appears that my mixer is disabled. 

The only Mixer Device shown in winecfg's Audio / ALSA Driver / Mixer Devices
is "HDA Intel."

FYI -- My configuration -- pulseaudio is disabled and /etc/pulse/client.conf has
autospawn turned off. I have audio in Linux programs, including Audacity.

Is there a work-around for this? Or is it a bug?

Susan Cragin wrote:
> I have no sound in wine. I open my application (Dragon NaturallySpeaking)
and it says the device is not responding. (Neither the mike jack nor the USB
pod.)
What happens if you unplug your USB pod and leave only built in sound card
active?