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Resident · Apr 29, 2008, 12:27 AM // 00:27

Maybe you guys have an idea why I can't run GW on Ubuntu (8.04) apart from having ATi card... Latest ati driver is installed and GW keeps saying that unrecoverable graphical fault or something and it stops running. I really have no idea what to do. I tweaked wine like hell, was messing with registry, i have no idea...

Thanks in advance

graverobber2 · Apr 29, 2008, 12:30 AM // 00:30

because GW doesn't support Linux/Unix Systems
GW only works on Windows en Mac

never tried with WINE, though

PS: it's not the ATI-card, i have an ATI card and don't have any problems
Maybe an older graphical card?

Resident · Apr 29, 2008, 12:35 AM // 00:35

Some people can get it to work with ATi cards. Its an ati 9600pro 256ram. The problem is that ATi makes such crappy drivers for linux... And why I can't get it to run is a mystery...

blakecraw · Apr 29, 2008, 01:20 AM // 01:20

do you have 3d acceleration enabled?

if so

Code:

glxinfo |grep direct

should return "direct rendering: Yes"

did you install the ati drivers via apt, or the binary drivers they supply on their website?

also, if you have compiz enabled, disable it before starting gw; I played it one time with compiz running and got a corrupted .dat file, which I had to redownload

enxa · Apr 29, 2008, 01:21 AM // 01:21

It is most probably because of what you said already, ATi drivers for Linux are not the best. And Wine is far from perfect.

Resident · Apr 29, 2008, 08:55 AM // 08:55

Yup, got direct rendering, i can run native apps. I installed the drivers from the ati site. I know that ati sucks and wine isnt the best but some guys managed to run gw with wine... I wonder what i missed...

blakecraw · Apr 29, 2008, 02:06 PM // 14:06

You said you tried different registry keys, but I'd recommend using the instructions found here:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...rsion&iId=9194

if you didn't already.

If that doesn't help, you'd probably be better off looking for help in the wine section of ubuntuforums.com:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=313

And, if all else fails, I hate to say it but it may come down to a corrupted Gw.dat file.

Resident · Apr 29, 2008, 07:44 PM // 19:44

I don't think its the GW.dat but I'll try to redownload it. Who knows. Thanks for the help mate.

Brianna · Apr 29, 2008, 11:34 PM // 23:34

I have heard that ATI cards are plagued on Linux etc, there was a thread around here about it once I think.

I'll try to dig it up, it may or may not be related to your problem though. Could be the reason why you are getting that ''Graphical Fault'' perhaps?