Howto: WOW with Wine (help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft)

[Crossbow]

Hey, I might possibly have this licked. Apparenlyt I did something to X? I don't know what that is. It took me all evening but I got that fixed, reinstalled the drivers, and I can't launch the game the usual way but I can through the terminal... sort of. I got the trailer, and the login screen, but then I got "connecting" for like 5 minutes and gave up after trying twice. My account is suspended anyway as of the 15th.

BUT, then I tried launching it again from the terminal. I got this:

anna@anna-desktop:~$  wine "/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe" -opengl
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ed40,0x00000000), stub!
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadDrawable
  Major opcode of failed request:  135 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
  Serial number of failed request:  236
  Current serial number in output stream:  236
anna@anna-desktop:~

It looks like the driver went wrong again. I don't understand. Previously I could fix that by reinstalling from synaptic, but this time I can't. I don't know what else to try.

anna@anna-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadDrawable
  Major opcode of failed request:  135 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
  Serial number of failed request:  20
  Current serial number in output stream:  20
anna@anna-desktop:~$

[Crossbow]

First thing I checked today was the rendering, which was working. Then I tried to launch the game, then the launcher. No luck. Then I checked the rendering and got this again:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
X Error of failed request: GLXBadDrawable
Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 20
Current serial number in output stream: 20

I don't get it. Can it turn itslef off? Am I doing something to it? Here is the error from trying the launcher.

anna@anna-desktop:~$  wine "/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/\Launcher.exe" -opengl
fixme:ieframe:PersistStreamInit_Load (0x1fd2c8)->(0x32e4c4)
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1fd2c8)->(1)
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1fd2c8)->(0)
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x8637d8): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x8637b8): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x863428): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x1fdaf8): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT/DATA_SEND_TIMEOUT 60000
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT/DATA_SEND_TIMEOUT 60000
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x1c5e8e0, overlapped 0x1c5e8ec): stub
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus (0x1fd37c)->((null) 1 0x32dcd4 (nil))
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus command_0: 27, 0x0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 37 of group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
fixme:mshtml:nsHttpChannelInternal_SetDocumentURI (0xb25c38)->()
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x1fd37c)->(0x32dce4)
fixme:ieframe:DocObjectService_IsErrorUrl 0x212dd8 L"http://launcher.worldofwarcraft.com/" 0x32d990
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x0000004c at address 0x43d613 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10004
err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10035

I noticed this:

wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x0000004c at address 0x43d613 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
err:wininetpen_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10004
err:wininetpen_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10035

So am I having both a Wine problem and an Nvidia problem?

ETA:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ nvidia-settings
The program 'nvidia-settings' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'GLXBadDrawable'.
  (Details: serial 260 error_code 146 request_code 135 minor_code 5)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
anna@anna-desktop:~$

I don't really know what that means. There is a bug in Nvidia?

[Tweak42]

For the "GLXBadDrawable" error, upgrade your nvidia drivers to 304.x.x or higher series. The 173.x.x drivers are ment for the ancient Geforce 5 chips.

This error

err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed:

sounds like a network connection problem, or something wrong with the battle.net authentication agent module. I have manually deleted and then run the blizzard launcher to repair/reinstall it in the past with Diablo 3. It's located in directory:

/home/<username>/.wine/drive_c/users/Public/Application Data/Battle.net

If your Wow account expires, you can create a seperate free non-expiring trial account that works well for testing purposes like walking around in a busy city.

First thing I checked today was the rendering, which was working. Then I tried to launch the game, then the launcher. No luck. Then I checked the rendering and got this again:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
X Error of failed request: GLXBadDrawable
Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 20
Current serial number in output stream: 20

I don't get it. Can it turn itslef off? Am I doing something to it? Here is the error from trying the launcher.

anna@anna-desktop:~$  wine "/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/\Launcher.exe" -opengl
fixme:ieframe:PersistStreamInit_Load (0x1fd2c8)->(0x32e4c4)
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1fd2c8)->(1)
fixme:ieframe:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1fd2c8)->(0)
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x8637d8): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x8637b8): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x863428): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:shell:IShellLinkA_fnGetPath (0x1fdaf8): WIN32_FIND_DATA is not yet filled.
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT/DATA_SEND_TIMEOUT 60000
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT/DATA_SEND_TIMEOUT 60000
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x1c5e8e0, overlapped 0x1c5e8ec): stub
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus (0x1fd37c)->((null) 1 0x32dcd4 (nil))
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus command_0: 27, 0x0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 37 of group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of group {000214d1-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
fixme:mshtml:nsHttpChannelInternal_SetDocumentURI (0xb25c38)->()
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x1fd37c)->(0x32dce4)
fixme:ieframe:DocObjectService_IsErrorUrl 0x212dd8 L"http://launcher.worldofwarcraft.com/" 0x32d990
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x0000004c at address 0x43d613 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10004
err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10035

I noticed this:

wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x0000004c at address 0x43d613 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
err:wininetpen_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10004
err:wininetpen_http_connection create_netconn failed: 10035

So am I having both a Wine problem and an Nvidia problem?

ETA:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ nvidia-settings
The program 'nvidia-settings' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'GLXBadDrawable'.
  (Details: serial 260 error_code 146 request_code 135 minor_code 5)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
anna@anna-desktop:~$

I don't really know what that means. There is a bug in Nvidia?

[Crossbow]

For the "GLXBadDrawable" error, upgrade your nvidia drivers to 304.x.x or higher series. The 173.x.x drivers are ment for the ancient Geforce 5 chips.

This error

err:wininet:open_http_connection create_netconn failed:

sounds like a network connection problem, or something wrong with the battle.net authentication agent module. I have manually deleted and then run the blizzard launcher to repair/reinstall it in the past with Diablo 3. It's located in directory:

/home/<username>/.wine/drive_c/users/Public/Application Data/Battle.net

If your Wow account expires, you can create a seperate free non-expiring trial account that works well for testing purposes like walking around in a busy city.

I've already tried deleting all the battle.net files and repairing. It was the first suggestion I got actually. I can try it again. Right now my launcher says the game is up to date... but then doesn't launch it. I just tried it again and there is no change.

My account did expire, but I do have a second trial account, which I can access on other computers. On my computer I can't even launch the game so nothing to test.

I don't really know what to do about the drivers... My graphics processor is GeForce 8300 GS. I've downloaded this:

Linux Display Driver - x86
Version: 310.40 Certified
Release Date: 2013.03.08
Operating System: Linux
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 37 MB

Trying to install it.

[Crossbow]

So now when I try to run Warcraft, I don't get an error - it throws me right out to the Ubuntu login screen. I made it worse.

[Crossbow]

Well, in case anyone is still reading, I determined that it is abolutely positively a driver problem. When I uninstalled the drivers, the game ran only without graphics.

Following these instructions, I purged 173 and tried to install the new one. Stopping x threws me out of the system altogether and I couldn't log back in. Tried it from root in recovery mode but kept getting a "can't open" message. Reinstalled 173 so at least I HAVE a GUI. How do I get X86 to where I can install it?

[Tweak42]

Well, in case anyone is still reading, I determined that it is abolutely positively a driver problem. When I uninstalled the drivers, the game ran only without graphics.

Following these instructions, I purged 173 and tried to install the new one. Stopping x threws me out of the system altogether and I couldn't log back in. Tried it from root in recovery mode but kept getting a "can't open" message. Reinstalled 173 so at least I HAVE a GUI. How do I get X86 to where I can install it?

I'm using amd64 install, not x86, so my experience could be different. From synaptic I'm just installing nvidia-experimental-310 (driver) and nvidia-settings-310 (settings utility). I have done the install via the .run driver directly from nvidia in the past but it's a pain and killed my X server few times leaving me stuck fixing it at the command line. I recommend sticking with the ubuntu repository packages.

Another thing you can try is do a swap your boot drive and do a clean install using a spare hard drive so as to not mess up your existing install. I just did this with 13.04 beta to see if nvidia proprietary and intel wireless drivers work correctly (I've had trouble with them between upgrades in the past).

[SkipHuffman]

I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my wife's HP mini along with wine 1.5 WoW launcher starts and connects to the servers for updates. But when we try to log into the game we get an Error #105 and "Server Disconnected". I do understand that this typically means that there is a problem with the Auth server on Blizzard's side, but it has been going on for four days now, while I can connect on my laptop (Mint Maya, same Wine version) either with her WoW account, or my own.

Would really like to get her system working so we can play together, instead of her borrowing my laptop.

I have used the winetricks tool and so far it hasn't made any difference

Anyone have any suggestions? Or a link to a useful thread or site?

[SkipHuffman]

Bumping this up. Any clues as to the #105?