On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 5:04 PM, spencer carter <[email protected]> wrote: > ok, so i thought i had it, i got it to run and install then downloaded all > the patches, but now when i click on my desktop icon, nothing happens. then > when i run though apps>wine>accessories>Wow>playwow > i just get me busy icon for about a minute, then nothing. > when i runt though the search for files i find it on my desktop. yet it says > There is no installed viewer capable of displaying the document when i click > on it. > > is this all because i dont have cedega? i really dont want to have to do the > cedega route
Well, since WoW is Windows software, you are going to have to use some sort of compatibility layer to make it work in Linux. Using Cedega or Crossover Games (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/) will be substantially easier than "normal" wine. They have everything "pre-tweaked" to support what WoW needs, whereas wine does not necessarily. One thing to check before jumping in there though, that I haven't seen verified yet, is whether or not you have 3D accelerated drivers working. Do you know if you do or not? What kind of video card do you have? One relatively easy way to test that is to install another 3D game and see if it works. Go to the add/remove tool that Larry mentioned (or the synaptic tool I mentioned) and look for "nexuiz" or "tremulous". Both of those are fun 3D first-person shooters that should work well out of the box if your card is configured right. If those succeed, you probably have the "groundwork" in order and we can safely move on to the more specific task of Wine/WoW. Oh, and if you an RTS fan at all, Glest would be another one to install. It is reminiscent of Warcraft 3. You might enjoy that too. Have fun! -QH- _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
