Need help with wine

[raggisnorra]

Hi,

I'm a complete beginner on Ubuntu (or Linux for that matter), so you guys have to bare with my stupidity for a bit.

I installed wine couple of weeks ago so I could open Football Manager 08 (FM) and Full Tilt poker, which were already installed on the "windows side" on my computer. I had no problems at all until recently.

First I started getting an error message when I was trying to open FM (I cant remember exactly what it said but it was somewhere on the lines of "your system does not meet the minimum requirements to run this program"). At that point I could open Full Tilt. After trying to read about it on-line and trying plenty of suggestions I gave up and decided to uninstall and delete everything Wine related that i could find. After reinstalling it (and repeating this proses 2 or 3 times) the same thing always happens when I try opening these two programs = NOTHING, not even an error message.

Also what really annoys me is when I click "open with other applications" I get a list of like million applications where more then half are "A wine application" and then there is only one "Wine windows program loader" which seems to me that doesn't work.

If you wasted your time reading all this I'll have to thank you in advance whether you can help or not.

[ackanao]

You need to get familiar with Wine, then you can expect better results; First, there's no need for uninstalling Wine - if you messed up something, just delete .wine folder and create it again; To recreate default wineprefix (.wine folder) fire up terminal and type:

winecfg

If you want to use Windows applications on Linux it's recommended to install them with Wine - copying installation folder from Windows install to Wine folders may or may not work (usually it will not work as expected but there are some exceptions).

It's not recommended to run applications from an existing Windows partitions - although it's possible and some programs may work there's a risk of corrupting your Windows installation (Windows Registry) so it's better to avoid that.

Basically, if you want to use Windows applications just install them with Wine.

About your "Open With" dialog box:

Backup your "~/.local/share/applications" folder (just copy it somewhere else); This folder is hidden and located in your "home" directory.

Then delete all "wine-extension-desktop" files - if everything went well you can delete your backup folder.

These links may help you:

Wine User Guide:
http://www.winehq.org/docs/wineusr-guide/index

Wine FAQ:
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

[raggisnorra]

Thanks ackanao, this did not however completely help me. I have re-installed the game using wine so that its on my Ubuntu partition. The same problem occurs as before, I opened however my system monitor where I could see that the game was running (using a ton of my cpu) but still I see nothing. I had been opening the game with no problems for 2 weeks and now suddenly this happens.

Thanks again, the "open with" dialog box looks sooooo much better now.

[ackanao]

Which version of Ubuntu and which version of Wine do you use? Could you start the game from a terminal and post terminal output so we can see what's the problem?

[raggisnorra]

Ubuntu 9.04 - the jaunty jackalope
Wine 1.0.1

terminal output for fulltilt:

err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr 0x7bc45ee0

terminal output for football manager:

fixme:ntdll:NtQueryInformationProcess (0xffffffff,info_class=34,0x336a520,0x00000004,0x3 36a51c) Unknown information class
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION
fixme:ntdll:NtQueryObject Unsupported information class 3
fixme:debugstr:CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent (0xffffffff)->(0x336940c): Stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x3369258,0x00000000), stub!
wine: Unhandled page fault on write access to 0x003f2000 at address 0x27c1778 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on write access to 0x003f2000 in 32-bit code (0x027c1778).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:027c1778 ESP:0336a8e0 EBP:0336a8f0 EFLAGS:00010246( - 00 -RIZP1)
EAX:00000000 EBX:ffffffff ECX:3fff3801 EDX:00000003
ESI:003c0000 EDI:003f1ffe
Stack dump:
0x0336a8e0: 0336a924 0336ad2c 003c0006 48590000
0x0336a8f0: 0336ad3c 027bbf27 003c0006 ffffffff
0x0336a900: 02ca5b80 00000000 0335cfba 02effe3c
0x0336a910: 02f5d000 00000001 00000000 00032000
0x0336a920: 00000030 5c3f3f5c 756c6f56 307b656d
0x0336a930: 30303030 2d303030 30303030 3030302d
Backtrace:
=>1 0x027c1778 in fm (+0x23c1778) (0x0336a8f0)
2 0x027bbf27 in fm (+0x23bbf27) (0x0336ad3c)
3 0x0284619f in fm (+0x244619f) (0x0337f93c)
4 0x026e5116 in fm (+0x22e5116) (0x0337fdbc)
5 0x00000008 (0x028a3568)
0x027c1778: repe stosl %es:(%edi)
Modules:
Module Address Debug info Name (122 modules)
PE 400000- 3075000 Export fm
ELF 7b800000-7b93d000 Deferred kernel32<elf>
\-PE 7b820000-7b93d000 \ kernel32
ELF 7bc00000-7bca7000 Deferred ntdll<elf>
\-PE 7bc10000-7bca7000 \ ntdll
ELF 7bf00000-7bf04000 Deferred <wine-loader>
ELF 7cb1e000-7cc33000 Deferred wined3d<elf>
\-PE 7cb30000-7cc33000 \ wined3d
ELF 7cc33000-7cc64000 Deferred d3d9<elf>
\-PE 7cc40000-7cc64000 \ d3d9
ELF 7cc64000-7cc68000 Deferred libgpg-error.so.0
ELF 7cc68000-7ccd1000 Deferred libgcrypt.so.11
ELF 7ccd1000-7cce3000 Deferred libtasn1.so.3
ELF 7cce3000-7cd07000 Deferred libk5crypto.so.3
ELF 7cd07000-7cd99000 Deferred libkrb5.so.3
ELF 7cd99000-7ce36000 Deferred libgnutls.so.26
ELF 7ce36000-7ce61000 Deferred libgssapi_krb5.so.2
ELF 7ce61000-7ce98000 Deferred libcups.so.2
ELF 7d235000-7d23e000 Deferred libkrb5support.so.0
ELF 7d266000-7d299000 Deferred uxtheme<elf>
\-PE 7d270000-7d299000 \ uxtheme
ELF 7d299000-7d2ae000 Deferred midimap<elf>
\-PE 7d2a0000-7d2ae000 \ midimap
ELF 7d2ae000-7d2d6000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
\-PE 7d2b0000-7d2d6000 \ msacm32
ELF 7d2d6000-7d2ef000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
\-PE 7d2e0000-7d2ef000 \ msacm32
ELF 7daf0000-7daf6000 Deferred libattr.so.1
ELF 7daf6000-7dafd000 Deferred libgdbm.so.3
ELF 7dafd000-7db5c000 Deferred libpulse.so.0
ELF 7db5c000-7dc24000 Deferred libasound.so.2
ELF 7dc24000-7dc28000 Deferred libkeyutils.so.1
ELF 7dc31000-7dc35000 Deferred libcom_err.so.2
ELF 7dc35000-7dc6c000 Deferred winealsa<elf>
\-PE 7dc40000-7dc6c000 \ winealsa
ELF 7de7c000-7e0c1000 Deferred r300_dri.so
ELF 7e0c1000-7e0ca000 Deferred libxcursor.so.1
ELF 7e0ca000-7e0ce000 Deferred libxcomposite.so.1
ELF 7e0ce000-7e0d6000 Deferred libxrandr.so.2
ELF 7e0d6000-7e0e0000 Deferred libxrender.so.1
ELF 7e0e2000-7e0e7000 Deferred libcap.so.2
ELF 7e0e7000-7e0ee000 Deferred libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
ELF 7e0f1000-7e18c000 Deferred winex11<elf>
\-PE 7e100000-7e18c000 \ winex11
ELF 7e1eb000-7e212000 Deferred libexpat.so.1
ELF 7e212000-7e23f000 Deferred libfontconfig.so.1
ELF 7e23f000-7e242000 Deferred libxinerama.so.1
ELF 7e250000-7e266000 Deferred libz.so.1
ELF 7e266000-7e2dd000 Deferred libfreetype.so.6
ELF 7e2dd000-7e2f8000 Deferred wsock32<elf>
\-PE 7e2e0000-7e2f8000 \ wsock32
ELF 7e2f8000-7e30d000 Deferred lz32<elf>
\-PE 7e300000-7e30d000 \ lz32
ELF 7e30d000-7e328000 Deferred version<elf>
\-PE 7e310000-7e328000 \ version
ELF 7e328000-7e3ce000 Deferred oleaut32<elf>
\-PE 7e340000-7e3ce000 \ oleaut32
ELF 7e3ce000-7e405000 Deferred winspool<elf>
\-PE 7e3e0000-7e405000 \ winspool
ELF 7e405000-7e4ca000 Deferred comctl32<elf>
\-PE 7e410000-7e4ca000 \ comctl32
ELF 7e4ca000-7e525000 Deferred shlwapi<elf>
\-PE 7e4e0000-7e525000 \ shlwapi
ELF 7e525000-7e639000 Deferred shell32<elf>
\-PE 7e540000-7e639000 \ shell32
ELF 7e639000-7e6e7000 Deferred comdlg32<elf>
\-PE 7e640000-7e6e7000 \ comdlg32
ELF 7e6e7000-7e6fc000 Deferred wtsapi32<elf>
\-PE 7e6f0000-7e6fc000 \ wtsapi32
ELF 7e6fc000-7e729000 Deferred ws2_32<elf>
\-PE 7e700000-7e729000 \ ws2_32
ELF 7e729000-7e73f000 Deferred libresolv.so.2
ELF 7e73f000-7e75e000 Deferred iphlpapi<elf>
\-PE 7e750000-7e75e000 \ iphlpapi
ELF 7e75e000-7e7c1000 Deferred rpcrt4<elf>
\-PE 7e770000-7e7c1000 \ rpcrt4
ELF 7e7c1000-7e867000 Deferred ole32<elf>
\-PE 7e7d0000-7e867000 \ ole32
ELF 7e867000-7e8fb000 Deferred winmm<elf>
\-PE 7e870000-7e8fb000 \ winmm
ELF 7e8fb000-7e947000 Deferred dsound<elf>
\-PE 7e900000-7e947000 \ dsound
ELF 7e947000-7e968000 Deferred imm32<elf>
\-PE 7e950000-7e968000 \ imm32
ELF 7e968000-7ea08000 Deferred gdi32<elf>
\-PE 7e980000-7ea08000 \ gdi32
ELF 7ea08000-7eb54000 Deferred user32<elf>
\-PE 7ea20000-7eb54000 \ user32
ELF 7eb54000-7eb5d000 Deferred librt.so.1
ELF 7eb5d000-7eb62000 Deferred libxdmcp.so.6
ELF 7eb62000-7eb6c000 Deferred libdrm.so.2
ELF 7eb6c000-7eb71000 Deferred libxfixes.so.3
ELF 7eb71000-7eb8b000 Deferred libxcb.so.1
ELF 7eb8b000-7eb8f000 Deferred libxau.so.6
ELF 7eb8f000-7ebf2000 Deferred libgl.so.1
ELF 7ebf2000-7ece1000 Deferred libx11.so.6
ELF 7ece1000-7ecf1000 Deferred libxext.so.6
ELF 7ecf1000-7ed09000 Deferred libice.so.6
ELF 7ed09000-7ed12000 Deferred libsm.so.6
ELF 7ed23000-7eda5000 Deferred opengl32<elf>
\-PE 7ed40000-7eda5000 \ opengl32
ELF 7eda5000-7edbb000 Deferred psapi<elf>
\-PE 7edb0000-7edbb000 \ psapi
ELF 7edbb000-7ee07000 Deferred dbghelp<elf>
\-PE 7edc0000-7ee07000 \ dbghelp
ELF 7ee07000-7ee5a000 Deferred advapi32<elf>
\-PE 7ee10000-7ee5a000 \ advapi32
ELF 7ee5a000-7ee6f000 Deferred faultrep<elf>
\-PE 7ee60000-7ee6f000 \ faultrep
ELF 7ef99000-7efa5000 Deferred libnss_files.so.2
ELF 7efa5000-7efb0000 Deferred libnss_nis.so.2
ELF 7efb0000-7efc9000 Deferred libnsl.so.1
ELF 7efc9000-7efef000 Deferred libm.so.6
ELF 7efef000-7eff2000 Deferred libxdamage.so.1
ELF 7eff2000-7eff7000 Deferred libuuid.so.1
ELF 7eff7000-7f000000 Deferred libnss_compat.so.2
ELF b7c30000-b7c36000 Deferred libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF b7c37000-b7c3b000 Deferred libdl.so.2
ELF b7c3b000-b7d9e000 Deferred libc.so.6
ELF b7d9f000-b7db8000 Deferred libpthread.so.0
ELF b7dc9000-b7f00000 Deferred libwine.so.1
ELF b7f02000-b7f20000 Deferred ld-linux.so.2
Threads:
process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)
00000008 (D) C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\fm.exe
00000009 0 <==
0000000c
00000013 0
00000012 0
0000000e 0
0000000d 0
0000000f
00000015 0
00000014 0
00000011 0
00000010 0
00000016
00000017 0
Backtrace:
=>1 0x027c1778 in fm (+0x23c1778) (0x0336a8f0)
2 0x027bbf27 in fm (+0x23bbf27) (0x0336ad3c)
3 0x0284619f in fm (+0x244619f) (0x0337f93c)
4 0x026e5116 in fm (+0x22e5116) (0x0337fdbc)
5 0x00000008 (0x028a3568)

[NightMKoder]

Update to the latest wine (1.1.28)

[raggisnorra]

THank you guys so much!!! I finally can use my computer doing something not productive at all haha.

Cheers!