When I run Space Quest 6 when the game tries to play the VMD movies I get the error "Error 29 Unable to Initialize your audio hardware ../vmdsound.cpp". The movie then plays without sound. Afterwards when the game tries to play sounds or voices instead I get a screeching. The music is unaffected. The problem is that the game seems to wait for the sound to play and when it doesn't it just keeps waiting and waiting. So after I steal the shuttle and the video plays I am unable to play any further due to being unable to hear the Captain's comments.
This problem is not related to VDMSOUND used by Windows for sound emulation since I run Linux (Redhat 7.2) with a Creative Labs Soundblaster Live.I suspect the game is missing something in terms of audio but I am unsure what. I have tried playing without sound or music to either a crash when a movie tries to play or a lockup due to the sound not playing for the intro. I have also played with the "set blaster" variables to a limited degree with no success.
Any help is appreciated.