I'm using libopenal 0.0.8 and libalut 1.1.0 built by me also with standard options.

i have .openalrc in /home/user with this content:

(define devices '(alsa sdl))
(define alsa-out-device "default")

but this would also work:

(define devices '(alsa))
(define alsa-out-device "default")

However, i think when i tried with native at the end it didn't work (maybe it tried first with native which in linux is by default oss and we don't have oss in IT

Ur-quan masters i didn't try with openal, but Warzone doesn't want to work

GemRB doesn't require alut though.

EDIT: I'm using the last GemRB 0.3.0...