Comment 44 for bug 194919

Apparently the problem is fixed with an ALSA upgrade http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2009/10/29/upgrade-alsa-1-0-21-on-ubuntu-karmic-koala-9-10/. Ihaven't tried this yet because I don't want to touch my pulseaudio installation. Waiting for an official release via Synaptic.

Is http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/openal-soft-1.5.304.tar.bz2 recommended fix then?