I actually did that while back, when I used to still boot windows to game. So thats not the problem.
Considering it happens after a while of running wow, there is quite a chance that it's a bug in the graphics driver. You might want to reinstall that.
Also - the blue desktop is what that part of the line does: "explorer /desktop=0,1920x1200" - it basically creates a virtual windows desktop for the game to run, wich solves issues like dual screen settings.
The important part is, that wow gets launched.
As for the other parts of my hints - that was merely to exclude chances of a borked up wine configuration.
So I'll take the time to make a step by step guide on how to get this going. At least how I got wow running smoothly (including ts3 etc) - will update this post in a moment.
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### Wow config guide for a nvidia-graphics-cards system on ubuntu Natty.
Confirmed working by way too many hours of gaming.
Tested on the current desktop environments and with the common windowmanagers: kde, gnome, gnome-shell, lxde, compiz, metacity, blackbox and some more (even fvwm2 - I just wouldn't call that 'current' 
)
I give no guarantees for workiness of anything beyond this point!
You should do a quick printout of this for reference.
To get the latest nvidia driver from their site and install it on your system (omit this, if you don't want to use anything not from ubuntu - this might be considered 'advanced' and MIGHT require you to do the same thing after a kernel oder xorg-upgrade has taken place! - so keep the installer file somewhere safe - this will download it to your home folder.).
1. Install the latest nvidia-drivers
ctrl+alt+f2 and login using your username and password
Code:
sudo service gdm stop
wget ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/270.41.19/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-270.41.19.run
sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-270.41.19.run -a -q -s
sudo service gdm start; logout
now log back into your session (hopefully no errors are encountered and your new nvidia driver is loaded properly)
I have just seen, that there is another beta driver available from the nvidia-server. This MIGHT be worth a try if the above one fails: (ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...x86-275.09.run) Same procedure, just different wget link.
Now check if everything required is there:
alt+f2
gnome-terminal
Code:
glxinfo |grep direct
the output should contain: "direct rendering: Yes"
don't close this terminal window - we'll need it some more
2: update your wine to version 1.3 from the ubuntu wine ppa.
Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install wine1.3 wine1.3-gecko winetricks
3: Create a wine configuration specifically for wow
Code:
export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-wow
winecfg
you can close the winecfg window because it will be done creating a basic wine configuration in the new wine prefix (aka "a wine directory") in your home folder. Keep the terminal open that you used so far (this is important due to the export WINEPREFIX part)
4. Install some files(fonts) for wow
Code:
winetricks corefonts
This will download and install the basic windows fonts to wine's windows-system-folder. No more no less.
5. Move your Warcraft folder to the new .wine-wow one
Code:
mv "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft" "$HOME/.wine-wow/drive_c/Program Files/"
As you can see here - each seperate WINEPREFIX 'owns' it's seperate directory named exactly like the wineprefix. the dot in front of the name makes this a hidden one as is the default for this.
NOTE: If you are running another Language, i.e. German, the directory will be named 'Programme' instead of 'Program Files'.
6. Disable ptrace_scope
This is a kernel thing that causes trouble for me - if you get a crash after typing your login and can't play, you need to do this. If not - well you are lucky. If you have to do it one, you need to do it after every reboot, I haven't really looked into automating it, since I hardly ever reboot. 
Code:
sudo su -
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
exit
7. run wow from this new installation
If you have a single monitor system, this will work:
Code:
WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-wow" wine "$HOME/.wine-wow/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe" -opengl
If you have a second monitor attached use the solution with the virtual explorer screen and ofcourse adjust the resolution to match your screen:
Code:
WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-wow" wine explorer /desktop=0,1920x1200 "$HOME/.wine-wow/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe" -opengl
Now if all this is successfull - you obviously dont want to run wow like that every time.
8. Make an easy wow starter script
Code:
sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/wow
And write in that file:
env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-wow"
wine explorer /desktop=0,1920x1200 "$HOME/.wine-wow/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe" -opengl
Code:
sudo chmod ug+x /usr/local/bin/wow
You can now close the gnome-terminal and from now on run wow by simply doing "Alt+F2 wow". Or you can create a launcher on your desktop:
9. (opt) create a launcher to click on your desktop
Rightclick on your desktop -> create Launcher
Enter a name (i.e. WoW) and the command "wow" (without quotes) and select an icon by clicking on the little icon-placeholder on the left.
For example the nice svg version of the warcraft icon from http://kde-look.org/content/show.php...?content=41569
I think thats about all I ever did to run wow on ubuntu.
Just Give Me the Beans!
Originally Posted by t.rei
It would probably be usefull to tell us the error message.
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