wine

[eaterjolly]

wine wont install dummy packages and it crashes on opening programs on rare occasion it runs but the error window still pops-up. latly the error window has not shown tho. it said the some of the files are missing and if the error does appdb.wine.com to see tips on running this program. i've tried Age of Empires 2, Starsonata, and Pirates of the carribean. all except AOE2 worked before AOE2 i never tried before the problem and i've tried both 1.1.32 and 1.0.1

[kjjjjshab]

Re: wine

Both version of wine have been working for me on karmic, however I only run one non-graphics intensive game, so it might not cause the issues you are having. Good luck to you.

(I only mention this to let you know that there isn't a karmic bug that is preventing wine from running... sorry I couldn't be more helpful.)

[GreyGeek]

Re: wine

I found that CodeWeaver's CrossOver works very well with a LOT of WIndows apps, and is a lot better than WINE. One nice thing about it is that it keeps each app in its own "WINE bottle".

If you have an XP install CD around then a better solution, except for games and HIRES graphics is to install XP as a VM guest OS.

[eaterjolly]

Re: wine

I found that CodeWeaver's CrossOver works very well with a LOT of WIndows apps, and is a lot better than WINE. One nice thing about it is that it keeps each app in its own "WINE bottle".

If you have an XP install CD around then a better solution, except for games and HIRES graphics is to install XP as a VM guest OS.

well you guys arent much help

[kjjjjshab]

Re: wine

...well you guys arent much help

Well I have always found it useful to know that at least an app works for someone, especially with a new version of kubuntu. In the future I will try and remember not to offer you anything. Sorry for wasting your precious time.

And more to the point, you didn't supply any workstation information, such as graphics card, driver etc. that might be more helpful in determining your issue, so what exactly did you expect to see in the thread?

[GreyGeek]

Re: wine

I found that CodeWeaver's CrossOver works very well with a LOT of WIndows apps, and is a lot better than WINE. One nice thing about it is that it keeps each app in its own "WINE bottle".

If you have an XP install CD around then a better solution, except for games and HIRES graphics is to install XP as a VM guest OS.

well you guys arent much help

You should ask for a refund, then. Oh, wait .....

[tomp01]

Re: wine

I found that CodeWeaver's CrossOver works very well with a LOT of WIndows apps, and is a lot better than WINE. One nice thing about it is that it keeps each app in its own "WINE bottle".

If you have an XP install CD around then a better solution, except for games and HIRES graphics is to install XP as a VM guest OS.

well you guys arent much help

Wine is good and getting better but if you wish to play games such as Left4Dead, Half Life 2 or Garry's Mod then you need to use Cedega or Crossover.

[claydoh]

Re: wine

Also note that wine is a constantly moving target as they add and fix things, as well as deal with the changes in windows and windows apps as well. Wine is getting better, but it will never be a perfect works-100% thing.

For this reason, I suggest checking out wine hq, and their app database for app-specific help