Audio issues with the linux client.

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I am running the linux client on a kubuntu 6.10 system (2 of them actually).

I have OpenAL installed and working, but the sound is very choppy. No other apps are running that are hooking the soundcard.

Audio properties are set to autodetect the environment.

If I hard code the sound system to anything but ALSA, I get an error that I cannot open the sound system when loading the game.

ALSA causes the popping too.

Any ideas on what I can do?

Thanks