[tlug] Re: Problems with Wine
- From: "Adele Richards" <richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:53:27 -0600
It should be compatible because I have read on the forums that other people
have been able to get it working in wine. I have a feeling that this has to
do with my computer and not wine itself.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:14 AM, John Doc <byonichero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have you checked to see if the game is compatible in the apps database at
> winehq? If not then you're not going to get it working at all in linux.
> All those applications that let you run windows software in linux have wine
> at the core.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Adele Richards <
> richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I wasn't sure what crossover was for so I didn't download it. Brandon
>> tried to help me get it to work, and somehow Wine is causing hard drive
>> errors or some kind of error of some sort that freezes up the computer. For
>> now we're going to try running it in VirtualBox, and the game itself is
>> giving me errors and not starting up.
>>
>> The error that the game gives me is "Could not initialize d3d or grf file
>> has problem" which is an error I have seen on the forum for the game in the
>> past. The administrator of the server said that that indicated a graphics
>> driver problem. I'm gonna look into a possible way of solving this soon,
>> hopefully.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM, <srh023@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Wine is really hard to get to work but it is possible (personal
>>> experience).
>>> Vbox will work but only if the game doesn't use DirectX and even then it
>>> will run slow.
>>> The best option that I have tested is Crossover Games. It is basically
>>> WINE but it works better.
>>> If you downloaded Crossover Pro or Games on the free day then all you
>>> have to do is install the software and then double click on the install file
>>> on the cd.
>>> I will be covering some of these options in my presentation on gaming in
>>> Linux on Tuesday November 4th.
>>>
>>> Samuel Hollis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Adele Richards <richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> okay. I understand now. I'll give it a try.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Brandon Blackwell <brb023@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You already have wine installed I know but is this the same game you
>>>>> were
>>>>> having trouble with getting to work correctly in virtualbox.
>>>>>
>>>>> You do it the same way as when I walked you through how to use the iso
>>>>> downloader which john doc has already spelled out for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brandon
>>>>>
>>>>> John Doc wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Edit:
>>>>>> sudo apt-get install wine
>>>>>> cd <directory of .exe>
>>>>>> wine <name>.exe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:02 AM, John Doc <byonichero@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:
>>>>>> byonichero@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sudo apt-get install wine
>>>>>> cd <directory or .exe>
>>>>>> wine <name>.exe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:24 AM, Adele Richards
>>>>>> <richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> <mailto:richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes. I tried it just now with terminal, and it says "bash: $:
>>>>>> command not found".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 2:00 AM, John Doc <byonichero@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> <mailto:byonichero@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you in the folder of the .exe when you are trying to
>>>>>> run it from the terminal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John Doc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:34 AM, Adele Richards
>>>>>> <richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> <mailto:richardsa.flute.08@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey guys, this is my first tech support question on
>>>>>> the mailing list, but I'll get right to it. I have a
>>>>>> game that I'm trying to install on my laptop using
>>>>>> Wine, and yet when I try to open it (it is a .exe
>>>>>> file) my computer freezes up. I tried using Terminal
>>>>>> to open it by way of $ wine <filename.exe> but it
>>>>>> tells me that it is an invalid command or something
>>>>>> like that. What am I doing wrong, or how do I fix this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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