StarCraft 2 Installer froze at "Checking for updates" ... :(

[Lightning Dragon]

Hello,

Did you autoremove with the terminal and then run an update before you or after you installed the later wine? Make sure you don't have Firewalls blocking it, also, try this fix;

typing

echo 0|sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope

before running starcraft 2 avoids the issue for me

Given the workaround, it could be related to this bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....2/+bug/632206
or this one
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24193
Thanks to Shadows_Friend for pointing these out here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....4/+bug/978678

If that fails, I would suggest something that nearly works everytime I or another suggests it; downgrading to 1.3. wine. But I will continue to offer my assistance for your current version as long as you are willing to still use it.

You may also try; http://www.elidust.com/how-to-instal...t-ii-on-linux/

[j0lliyo]

Thanks, using 1.5 worked for me aswell =)