[Wine] Wine 1.1.44 and WoW 3.3.5 crash

[James McKenzie]

Jim Hall wrote:
>>> This is kind of strange. Mine is also Lenny, Nvidia 9600 GT, driver
>>>       
>> 256.35.
>>     
>>> Wine version is 1.1.42. Game works just fine. Wish I could tell you why.
>>>
>>>       
>> Interesting as well.  Seems this appears with a certain combination of
>> 'stuff'.
>> One:  The lastest/greatest kernel beta build.
>> Two:  Wine 1.1.44 or higher.
>> Three:  The lack of a package built about a month ago.
>> Four:  nVidia video card drivers 256.35.  The older 195 drivers work.
>>
>> However, I do stand by my statement to PLEASE look through the forum and
>> bugzilla BEFORE posting a 'me too' message.  This is highly irritating and
>> shows absolutely NO EFFORT on the part of the poster to try and get their
>> problem fixed.  Maybe this is the Microsoft mentality, but come on folks we
>> are volunteers and we would really love to fix bugs rather than answer the
>> same question for the fifth, tenth or even twentith time in a day (yes, it
>> was that bad...)
>>
>> Maybe another sticky in is in for this problem....
>>
>> James McKenzie
>>
>>     
>
> Sorry about the reply mix-up
>
> However, mine seems to be a bit off on your list.
>
> One: "The lastest/greatest kernel beta build." **Lenny is certainly not
> that  - so I'm safe there.
> Two: " Wine 1.1.44 or higher." **I never saw 1.1.44, Still using 1.1.42 - so
> I'm safe there.
> Three:  "The lack of a package built about a month ago." **I don't know
> which package you're reffereing to, so I don't know if I have it or not.
> Four:  "nVidia video card drivers 256.35.  The older 195 drivers work." **I
> use 256.35. What is different about my system that I can use it?
>
> Does any one of these prevent the problem? Is my One and Two the key, or is
> Three alone the key? Does the combination of One, Two, and Three allow me to
> do Four? I wish I had the answer.
>
>   
Jim:

I picked this up on a different thread and may only apply to Ubuntu:

dimesio wrote:

> > ... be caused by not having installed the necessary 32 bit parts on a 64 bit system.
>   


>It was not the problem, we all have the 32 libs installed, it was just a bug with the package (apparently). With the 5th release lib32-nvidia-utils, it works >
>great.

Looks like Cr0k may have found one of many solutions....

James McKenzie