Openal sound is a problem right now with gemrb, warzone2100 and ur-quan masters (which can use sdl sound as alternate).

cat /etc/openalrc

(define devices '(alsa esd sdl native))
#define alsa-out-device "default")
define alsa-out-device "hw:0,0")

Not working here. What openal library are you using?

I built
libalut0_1.0.1-1_armel.deb
and
libopenal0a_0.0.8-4_armel.deb
with standard configure options
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