mouse

Hi,

I've got wine installed but am having difficulty following directions.
Dual boot XP on laptop's hd/Feisty on usb hd. I want to run an XP game in
Feisty. I read the wine file on the Ubuntu wiki and think I followed the
instructions correctly but the exe doesn't show up in the virtual "c"
drive in .wine. Here's what I did; what am I missing?:

Copied the folder the game is in to the Ubuntu desktop
Launched a terminal and cd to it
Typed wine Wonders.exe
A splash screen asked for the key to the game--I added it and
then got the button "play game", clicked it and then got a popup:

"OLE Error 80004001"
and in the terminal:
errle:CoGetClassObject class {88d969c0-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not
registered errle:create_server class
{88d969c0-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object
{88d969c0-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} could be created for context 0x5
fixme:msxml:xmlnode_get_namespaceURI
errle:CoGetClassObject class {88d969c0-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not
registered errle:create_server class
{88d969c0-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object
{88d969c0-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} could be created for context 0x5
fixme:msxml:xmlnode_get_namespaceURI

So, two questions:
1. Is wine working the way it should and I should be trying to run an
installer for the game rather than just grabbing the folder already
installed in XP?

2.Alternatively, can wine run programs directly from the windows drive
without moving them to the Ubuntu partition.

Semi-clueless,
Mouse

mike easter

No.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine?highlight=%28wine%29
Installing Wine
Installing Windows Applications Using Wine
To start/run Windows programs using Wine


That isn't what the Wine page sez. It sez install the app.

No

http://appdb.winehq.org/ Wine Application Database
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=3147 Age of Wonders is a
turn-based game combining the best elements of strategy, adventure and
role-playing.

Ver - Rating - Wine ver - Test results - Comments
1.36 -Gold - 0.9.34. - 6 - 10

RE: AoW will not work without this modification -- Yes, with later Wine
versions this doesn't seem to be necessary, thanks for the note. For
reference, the modification (again, no longer needed) is below:


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Mike Easter

mouse

Thanks, Mike. I appreciate the help, links and clarifications.

Mouse

pseudo silk kimono

On 2007-09-02, Mike Easter blabbered on and on about Re: wine troubles in alt.os.linux.ubuntu w


Mr Easter,

Thank you so much for posting those links. While there are not too many
windows applications that I would like to use under Linux, I have
approx. 200 CD/DVD games that will run only under Windows and with Wine
installed, I may be able to play BF Vietnam or CSI Miami with Linux.

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ram

You might want to also install wine-doors

http://www.wine-doors.org/wordpress/

Just helps a bit with set-ups.

Ram

joe lavigne

On 02 Sep 2007 13:44:44 GMT

You got it. Without running the installer, the game's information
doesn't make it into the registry. Wine runs much like windows, and
without updating the registry, you'll have problems with much Windows software.


If the app can be run without a registry update, you could do this. If
the registry needs updating, you could make it work, but it will take
more work. Basically, you'd use the installer to get it installed to
it's location on the Windows drive. Once the installer is done, if the
app is decently written, you should be able to use it from Wine or
Windows...


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Joe - Registered Linux User #449481

"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..."
- Danny, American History X

joe lavigne

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:43:18 GMT

Thanks for that link. Installed it, and it looks very promising. I'll
try installing a couple of the apps when I have more time, but if it
works with everything listed, it is indeed a good thing...


--
Joe - Registered Linux User #449481

"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..."
- Danny, American History X