Wine

2010-01-28
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Wine logo

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.winehq.org/

For running Windows software on Linux.

I had some significant attempts using this to run World of Warcraft, but it was ultimately unsuccessful.

  • Wine Is Not an Emulator

    • Yes. Yes it is.



  • Stuff which I ran using Wine
  • 2013-12 -- I dropped by reliance on Wine when I started dual booting into Windows 8.1.
  • (dates not recorded) I was using Wine on various distributions (distributions not recorded)

  • (date not recorded) Before my use of Wine, I was using Windows XP

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Types, flavors, customized ∞

2011-01-24 - 1.2.1 ∞

Trying to get World of Warcraft working.

FAILED

Getting WoW working on Linux

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

# not sure if this is necessary
sudo apt-get install driconf
sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

glxinfo | grep rendering
# reports "yes"

  • may need to get the proprietary drivers for the best performance

    • But I had very VERY bad experiences with the proprietary drivers. I had to boot into recovery mode and yank out that crap.
sudo apt-get install wine

config.wtf

SET gxApi "opengl"
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"

nope, crashes. Without opengl it works but it's sinfully ugly - missing models, and stuff vanishes.

The xorg.conf does not exist by default any more. You CAN create one though.

Boot into recovery mode and select Root Shell. Then run:

X -configure

Then:

cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

now edit xorg.conf (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) with:

Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
Option "UseFastTLS" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"

The section should look something similar to this after editing: 

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
  Driver      "fglrx"
  Option       "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
  Option       "UseFastTLS" "off"
  Option       "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection

Nothing works properly. Screw it.

2010-01-28 - 1.1.35 ∞

Comes in the repository.

smart install mesa

https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine  [ 1 ]   [ 2 ] 

... I dunno, the instructions are too vague.. I'd probably run into the same old issues because I'm 64bit.

Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (I386)
Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (I386)
wine: Bad EXE format for C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe

With some research I learned this was indeed the case.

From https://web.archive.org/web/20130424014302/http://en.gentoo-wiki.com:80/wiki/Wine#Issues_on_amd64

On 64-bit systems, performance may be hindered by the fact that Wine, by default, uses 32-bit libraries for some functionality. If this appears to cause you problems, use wine >=1.1.13 and enable the win64 USE flag; this will, however cause difficulties with Wine running 32-bit applications and generate the following error:

Trying to load PE image for unsupported architecture (I386)

One way to work around this issue is to make a 32-bit chroot environment to run 32 bit apps (see here for instruction on creating a 32bit chroot.) and run 32-bit apps in that.

2010-01-28 - building a 32bit chroot environment ∞

(chroot)

Tested 2010-01-28 on Unity Linux 64bit-beta2

cd /
su -c smart install pkgutils
mkdir svn_base_folder
wget spout.ussg.indiana.edu/linux/unity/other/unitybuild_32-0.05.tar.xz
wget spout.ussg.indiana.edu/linux/unity/other/unitybuild_32-0.05.tar.xz.md5
md5sum -c unitybuild_32-0.05.tar.xz.md5
xz -d unitybuild_32-0.05.tar.xz
tar -xvvf unitybuild_32-0.05.tar
rm -f unitybuild_32-0.05.tar
cd unitybuild_32
su -c 'chmod -v -x bin/jailme bin/freeme'
sh bin/jailme
# When prompted, I enter /svn_base_folder
# To get xOrg working
xhost +

# Entering the chroot environment
# root access (password is 'root')
su - -c 'chroot /unitybuild_32'
# This gives the following error six times:
#   bash: tput: command not found
smart update
smart upgrade
smart install wine ntfsprogs xorg-x11
mkdir /mnt/sda5
ntfsmount /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5
xhost +
# user access (password is 'unity')
su - unity

When you are finished and have exited the chroot environment, make sure to run the following command to clean up:

sh bin/freeme

fuck, I can't get PlayOnLinux working in the chroot..

su -c smart install gettext wxPythonGTK wxPythonGTK-wxversion cabextract pango gvfs zenity libpango1.0_0-modules libpangomm2.4_1 xterm imagemagick
wget www.playonlinux.com/script_files/PlayOnLinux/3.7.2/PlayOnLinux_3.7.2.tar.gz

I'm not really sure what of these is actually required:

  • pango
  • gvfs
  • zenity
  • libpango1.0_0-modules
  • libpangomm2.4_1

  • compiz for glxinfo

wget gameshogun.ws/dls/wow/wow-dualboot2.pol
./playonlinux
# Tools > Run a non-official script and choose wow-dualboot2.pol
# Follow the instructions.  I had it install Gecko for me.
# exit PlayOnLinux
cd ~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/WorldOfWarcraft/drive_c/Program Files
ln -s "/mnt/sda5/World of Warcraft" ./
# Fixes some configuration:
cat "World Of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf" >> "World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf"
echo 'SET ffxGlow "0"' >> "World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf"
echo 'SET ffxNetherWorld "0"' >> "World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf"
	SET gxApi "opengl"
	SET ffxDeath "0"
	SET ffxGlow "0"
	SET ffxNetherWorld "0"
	SET MasterSoundEffects "0"
	SET SoundBufferSize "150"
	SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
  • Open POL (Applications -> Other -> PlayOnLinux)
  • Select the entry ‘WorldOfWarcraft’ and click the ‘Configure this application’ button
  • Click the ‘Forward’ button
  • Select ‘Registry Editor’ then click ‘Forward’
  • Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Wine
  • Right click on the folder/key ‘Wine’, select ‘New’ then ‘Key’
  • Name the newly created folder/key OpenGL
  • Select the ‘OpenGL’ folder/key
  • Right click on the empty space, select ‘New’ then ‘String Value’
  • Name the newly created string value DisabledExtensions
  • Right click on ‘DisabledExtensions’ and select ‘Modify’

  • Enter GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object

WINE Configuration

Right after the step above, the PlayOnLinux wizard for the application ‘WorldOfWarcraft’ should still be open (if not, just re-open it as instructed in the previous instruction), follow the next steps:

  • Select ‘Configure wine’ then click ‘Forward’
  • Go to the ‘Graphics’ tab
  • Under the ‘Window Settings’ group, be sure that the checkbox ‘Allow the window manager to control the windows’ is the only one checked.
  • Under the ‘Direct3D’ group, select the ‘Hardware’ option as your ‘Vertex Shader Support’
  • Still in the same group, check the box ‘Allow Pixel Shader (if supported by hardware)’
  • Go to the ‘Audio’ tab
  • Be sure that the only checked entry is ‘ALSA Driver’
  • Under the ‘DirectSound’ group, choose ‘Full’ for ‘Hardware Acceleration’
  • Then check the box ‘Driver Emulation’ (note: the latest WINE version doesn’t have this)
  • Click the ‘Ok’ button
  • You should be back to the POL Wizard for ‘WorldOfWarcraft’
  • Select ‘Simulate Windows reboot’ and click ‘Forward’

  • After which, simply click ‘Cancel’ to close the wizard window

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other wow notes:
xhost +
.. chroot in
ntfsmount /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5
cd "/mnt/sda5/World of Warcraft"
su - unity
wine Wow.exe
  • Wow looks rather odd.. it seems to be missing pieces

  • wine Wow.exe -opengl -- works, but slow

  • turned down all the graphics

  • windowed it and shrank the window down (un-checked maximize)

failed to open Z:/mnt/sda5/World of Warcraft/Data/Interface/Icons
failed to open Z:/mnt/sda5/World of Warcraft/Interface/Icons
failed to open Z:/mnt/sda5/World of Warcraft/Data/Interface/Icons
failed to open Z:/mnt/sda5/World of Warcraft/Interface/Icons
Killed

I get a whole lot of:

fixme:ntdll:FILE_GetNtStatus Converting errno 34 to STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL

some kind of "ApplyToForehead" addon  [ 3 ]  was in my Interface directory.. I moved it into my addons directory.

Wine Resources ∞

For the independent software vendor (ISV)

Alternatives and enhancements ∞

Footnotes

  1. was https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine - [↩]
  2. was http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine - [↩]
  3. This might be https://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info5202-ApplyToForehead.html- [↩]
  4. was http://groups.google.com/group/wine-isv - [↩]
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