Thanks for the link. I think it got me a step closer. When I ran the install file you suggested, I got the following:
It looks like a failure, but when I then tried running OutsparkLancher again, the first error disappears :-) Unfortunately, I see the same symptoms. The new error console output is enclosed. I tried googling several of the fixme errors, but didn't see anything useful. Do any of you have advice on where I can search next, trying to get this working? Thanks! Stifu wrote: > > Hi, > > This link (in French, sorry): > http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/wine#erreur_parse_depend_manifests > Says you need to install "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable > Package (x86)" available here: > http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5638 > > > jeffguy wrote: >> >> Subject: System.Windows.Forms NullReferenceException under Wine >> >> Hello, and thank you for your hard work. I'm impressed at how strong >> mono has become! >> >> While using windows for a month, I tried out a game (luvinia, an mmorpg). >> I'm back in Linux and would like to continue. >> >> In my current attempt, I ran the game's installer with mono 2.10.6 >> (running on wine 1.3.15 within Ubuntu 11.04). When I run the installed >> program, it correctly renders the login screen, pauses roughly 0.3 >> seconds, then the login window vanishes. The console outputs a >> NullReferenceException in the System.Windows.Forms code. I've enclosed >> the console output, in case that's useful. A few minutes after the >> window closes, there is still no console activity, so I hit ^C, which >> causes the last three output lines. >> >> Is there a (not cost-prohibitive) way for me to circumvent this >> Exception, or am I stuck? >> >> The program is *not* open source. When I posted to the game's >> bug-reporting forum, I was told very clearly that Linux was not supported >> and I would find no help. I've searched Google and the mono forums but >> didn't see anything relevant. >> >> Thanks very much for your time. >> >> >> >> > -- View this message in context: http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/NullReferenceException-under-Wine-tp4030659p4035952.html Sent from the Mono - WinForms mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mono-winforms-list maillist - Mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-winforms-list