Guild Wars doesnt load.

[Zatarg]

Im using 8.04 Hardy & wine version 0.9.59

When started the "Connecting to ArenaNet" updating frame appears, but once it has reached 100%, the computer freezes. The guildwars window appears, but the updating frame is frozen on top of it and the rest of the window is blank.

The mouse and keyboard don't respond, and a minute or two later the app quits and i get back to the desktop.

Tried a few things to get it to load...
steven@steven-laptop:~$ wine "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -windowed
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f04c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at present
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x21bf9b8) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x277f3b0) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x277f9c0) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x249f838) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x21bf858) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x277f3b0) : stub
Wars\Gw.exe: brw_curbe.c:87: calculate_curbe_offsets: Assertion `total_regs <= 32' failed.
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7e6108a0 "x11drv_main.c: X11DRV_CritSection" wait timed out in thread 002c, blocked by 0019, retrying (60 sec)
err:seh:raise_exception Exception frame is not in stack limits => unable to dispatch exception.


steven@steven-laptop:~$ wine "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -windowed dx8 dsound
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f04c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at present
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x249fa20) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x21bf978) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x277f3b0) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x21bf840) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x249f8c0) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x277f3b0) : stub
Wars\Gw.exe: brw_curbe.c:87: calculate_curbe_offsets: Assertion `total_regs <= 32' failed.
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7e6258a0 "x11drv_main.c: X11DRV_CritSection" wait timed out in thread 002c, blocked by 0019, retrying (60 sec)
err:seh:raise_exception Exception frame is not in stack limits => unable to dispatch exception.


With this one, the screen behind goes blue but its still frozen etc.
steven@steven-laptop:~$ wine explorer /desktop=MyDesktopName,1024x768 "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe"
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33f04c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at present
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a580) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13a580) : stub
Wars\Gw.exe: brw_curbe.c:87: calculate_curbe_offsets: Assertion `total_regs <= 32' failed.
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7e61c8a0 "x11drv_main.c: X11DRV_CritSection" wait timed out in thread 002c, blocked by 001c, retrying (60 sec)
err:seh:raise_exception Exception frame is not in stack limits => unable to dispatch exception.


I dont know what hardware is relevant, so i've just dumped the output for lshw here.

steven-laptop
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width: 32 bits
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*-memory
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capabilities: logical
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*-pci
description: Host bridge
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vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
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width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
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width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 03
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clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:16:d4:d9:f7:7f
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
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*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network
description: Wireless interface
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vendor: Intel Corporation
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bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
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*-usb:3
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vendor: Intel Corporation
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bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
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configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
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vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
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*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
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physical id: 1d.2
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*-usb:6
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vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
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vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
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capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-generic UNCLAIMED
product: Illegal Vendor ID
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bus info: pci@0000:07:00.4
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*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
version: 03
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capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-storage
description: SATA controller
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vendor: Intel Corporation
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bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 03
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capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 module=ahci
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
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bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
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clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0


Any ideas?

[Pr0zAck]

I am having the same problem when I try and launch Guild Wars with 8.04 and Wine 0.9.59.

This command helped me solve a memory error that was showing up for me:
sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0

But I still am getting
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave

Guild Wars will just go to a black screen and then exit.

Anyone have a solution to this

Thanks

[Gunman1982]

But I still am getting
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave

Close all other programs who access the soundcard. This command tells you which programs are using the soundcard:

lsof | grep snd

[Pr0zAck]

so i just installed version 0.9.59 of WINE and the sound error is gone but now a guild wars window opens and says my video card is not compatible or something along those lines.

I am using a radeon 9800 pro and the drivers are installed for it.

[Pr0zAck]

I am just going to dual boot with XP so i can play all my games on Windows. Problem solved.

[S0VERE1GN]

grrrr f*ck windows.....

there HAS to be a way to make Guild wars work on wine on hardy

FORUM TECH?! SOMEBODY?!?! there's a lot of us that need your halp!

[Gunman1982]

Which problem do you have? Refering to winehq's appdb its working fine for many people.

[S0VERE1GN]

I seem to be having the recurring lights problem, or so it is called, where guild wars starts up , the cursor changes, and then it closes right after. I used the fix as found in this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=283122&highlight=Guild+Wars
but still no dice.... i've seen a few other people with the same problem.


i get this:

fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f034,0x00000000), stub!
err:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Can't find a suitable iPixelFormat
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_SetDialogBoxMode (0x1330a8) Dialogs cannot be disabled yet
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x22005b0) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x2200aa8) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x2200fa0) : stub
err:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Can't find a suitable iPixelFormat
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_SetDialogBoxMode (0x1330a8) Dialogs cannot be disabled yet
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x2510050) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x147900) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DResourceImpl_SetPriority (0x2820050) : stub
Mesa 7.0.3-rc2 implementation error: i915_program_error: Exceeded max temporary reg
Please report at bugzilla.freedesktop.org
DRM_I830_CMDBUFFER: -22


if i open it through the terminal, and then guild wars closes again.

[mesartwell]

I installed Guild Wars under Wine 1.0 and I have the Intel 965 graphics chipset. Whenever I load Guild Wars I get the same result: Computer locks up after running the Arena Net updater with only the GW cursor showing up. Ultimately I have to do a hard shutdown. Any suggestions?

[Torgas Prim]

From my several installs of Ubuntu to get Guild Wars working properly, I can tell you one thing, when GW acts like that it is video related...as in video card or drivers.
Most times it is an ATI card causing this.
If your GW shortcut is already on your desktop, edit the launcher and add these switches:
-dx8 -noshaders -dsound

If it loads properly, you are good to go.

Personally, replace any ATI product with an nVidia product, they just work.

[MiscMau]

Hey :)

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron a few day ago - first time I'm trying a Linux based OS, and so far it seems to work very nicely. However, the only Windows-dependent program I'd like to run is Guild Wars, hence I installed Wine and tried running GW, and that is now causing me endless trouble.

It connects fine to Anet's server, but the fog/mist on the login screen is moving very slowly and laggy. On the charaacter selection screen all my characters' armor have a shiny metallic effect, but the faces seem normal. Upon loading a character, the load screen runs fine, albeit the sound does make a few small loops once in a while, but as soon as it reaches 100%, GW closes, and I get an error report a mile long where it repeats the same things over and over, namely:

OR
fixme:d3d:set_tex_op Unhandled texture operation WINED3DTOP_MODULATEALPHA_ADDCOLOR
fixme:d3d:set_tex_op Unhandled texture operation WINED3DTOP_MODULATEALPHA_ADDCOLOR
fixme:d3d:set_tex_op Unhandled texture operation WINED3DTOP_MODULATEALPHA_ADDCOL

and

OR
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:set_tex_op Unhandled texture operation WINED3DTOP_ADDSMOOTH
fixme:d3d:set_tex_op Unhandled texture operation WINED3DTOP_MODULATEALPHA_ADDCOL

and

fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
err:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Can't find a suitable iPixelFormat
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ValidateDevice (0x13cf90) : stub
Segmentation fault

I run Gw.exe from the Terminal with -dx8 and -noshaders added after the path. Wine is ver. 1.0, set to run as Win98, and the OS is 8.04 Hardy. Computer is an Acer Travelmate 2410 laptop with Intel mobile 910GML onboard video card - I know it's not the most fancy of computers, but it ran GW flawlessly in Windows XP. In the Guild Wars options screen all graphical settings have been turned off or set to low, but it seems that no matter what I do, it still crashes upon finishing loading.

My guess is that it's some sort of shader/graphical issue that's causing the crash, as my characters' armor look so shiny and metallic and because it crashes right after loading is complete, i.e. when it's supposed to actually start rendering things. I read that others have been having similar problems with ATI cards and that enabling OpenGL instead of fglrx, but I'm not certain how or if that will affect an Intel onboard card, plus I'm not even certain if my Intel onboard card can run in OpenGL or, if it does, how I enable it.

Sorry for such a long and probably bothersome post, but any suggestions are much appreciated. If more information on specs, settings etc are needed, I shall try to provide them if possible.

Thank you in advance.

-Mia