I only subscribed to the list to post this message. If you need further input from me, please CC me in the thread. Thanks. Xfree 3.3.6 on Debian unstable (woody) latest apt-able wine cvs @ hungrycats.org the lack of soundcard wouldn't cause it not to run, would it? $ wine QuickTimePlayer.exe Can't open MIDI device '/dev/sequencer', errno 19 (No such device) ! fixme:ddraw:Xlib_IDirectDraw2Impl_SetCooperativeLevel (0x40475488)->(00000000,00000008) X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 129 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage) Resource id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 3569 Current serial number in output stream: 3569 $ wine --synchronous QuickTimePlayer.exe Can't open MIDI device '/dev/sequencer', errno 19 (No such device) ! fixme:ddraw:Xlib_IDirectDraw2Impl_SetCooperativeLevel (0x4047549c)->(00000000,00000008)