OpenAL createContext fails under Linux (AMD64)

Hi:

   I am able to run the Demo world without any issue, but most of the
other morphs will not start and fail with a "Error: Unable to find
function address"
(debug log attached ).   The console message states:

 ioLoadModule(/usr/X11R6/lib/libopenal.so):
  /usr/X11R6/lib/libopenal.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory

but the library is there:

aking@trinity ~/Croquet_SDK_1.0_beta $ ls -al /usr/X11R6/lib/libopenal.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Apr 21 18:35 /usr/X11R6/lib/libopenal.so
-> libopenal.so.0.0.8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Apr 21 18:35
/usr/X11R6/lib/libopenal.so.0 -> libopenal.so.0.0.8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 293632 Apr 21 18:35 /usr/X11R6/lib/libopenal.so.0.0.8
aking@trinity ~/Croquet_SDK_1.0_beta $

Also, ldconfig shows it as well:
 trinity linux # ldconfig -v | grep openal
          libopenal.so.0 -> libopenal.so.0.0.8

I have used OpenAL for various other programs, so I'm pretty sure it
works.  Maybe it
has something to do with running 64bit linux with a 32bit Squeak VM?

System:

  Gentoo 2006.0 64bit ( synced yesterday )
  AMD Opteron 270  ( dual core )
  Nvidia 6600GT card
  2Gb RAM

Any suggestions for things to try?  Thanks,

    Adam King