No sound on ThinkPad -- mixer issue

[Susan Cragin]

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.
fixmeALSA_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?

[vitamin]

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?