Wolfenstein Enemy Territory sound issues

I've installed the latest version + patch of W:ET from the AUR (running 64 bit archlinux). Out of the box the sound was not working. A solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-40795.html worked. Specifcally:
$ sudo modprobe snd_seq_oss
$ sudo modprobe snd_mixer_oss
$ sudo modprobe snd_pcm_oss
And then this:
# echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
However this seems to be only a 'half-solution' as after this the sound in W:ET works fine but I cannot produce audio simultaneously from any other application. I am required to close W:ET to use sound for anything else.
I also have et-sdl-sound installed from the AUR.
This is the relevant error from ET:
"------- sound initialization -------
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Could not open /dev/dsp
I have the following audio packages installed:
alsa-lib
alsa-oss
alsa-plugins
pulseaudio-alsa
lib32-alsa-lib
lib32-alsa-oss
lib32-alsa-plugins
libpulse
pulseaudio
pulseaudio-alsa
lib32-libpulse
Any suggestions? Apologies in advance for my lack of knowledge and experience in this area.

Its been like that for a while. punkbuster doesnt seem to like this workaround though, some servers will kick you.

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100% Microsoft® Windows® compatible keyboard
100% Microsoft® Windows® compatible mouse
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[SOLVED] Installation of Enemy Territory fails

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Is there a Problem with the LOKI installer?
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roost wrote:
VERDICT
Installation of Enemy-Territory (Return to Castle Wolfenstein) and True Combat: Elite on ArchLinux 64 bit:
Kernel with 32-bit support:
Executable file formats / Emulations --> [*] IA32 Emulation
<*> IA32 a.out support
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http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2063 #Enemy Territory Package
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2661 #True Combat: Elite Package
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Greez roost
ok I tried to do this but I keep getting errors
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
et-linux-2.60.x86.run ... Passed
ET-2.60b.zip ... Passed
enemy-territory.desktop ... Passed
et-ded ... FAILED
et-pbupdate.sh ... FAILED
et.sh ... FAILED
etded.sh ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
what Am I doing wrong here?
Edit
Doh I forgot to download all the packages now that was silly of me lol
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