That worked like a charm. Thanks, folks!

Setting SDL_AUDIODRIVER to esd, alsa, or dsp all worked equally well.

Fedora Core 4.

For some reason, it seems like the sound effects and music have a delay before they actually kick in. It's mostly noticable that the sound effects happen a moment or two after it seems like they should.

For instance, at the main game menu (New Game, Load Game Super Melee!, Setup, Quit), if I press the down arrow to select an option, the sound effect (alerting me to the fact that a different menu option was chosen) happens about half a second after the next option is highlighted.

Any suggestions on how to sync up the graphics and audio?