[Bug 14579] PopCap games lock up screen

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14579





--- Comment #19 from Ken Sharp <kennybobs at o2.co.uk>  2008-08-11 08:29:56 ---
(In reply to comment #18)
> (In reply to comment #17)

> and have you tested 0.9.58 through to 1.0.0 rc5?

Not every version, no.  There is no need, that's what git bisect does for me.
Every version that I have tested after 0.9.57, however, has failed to the same
error message.

> your test results seem to confirm my findings that it doesn't work on *ubuntu
> hardy, other people I've asked to test the affected games on debian lenny
> haven't had these issues even using wine 1.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 thats with
> Intel 915gm, Intel 945 and an ati graphics card

"x86 -- Intel ??? -- Xubuntu Hardy x86 -- 1.0.0 -- Success
x86_64 -- Intel ??? -- Ubuntu Hardy x64 -- 1.0.0 -- Success"

It does work in Ubuntu Hardy.

> 
> your test results in comment 17 state that it works on fedora 9 in wine 1.0
> (using an Intel card) but not in wine 1.1.x (using an ati card)
> surely that points to the fact that its more likely a problem with the graphics
> card/drivers and not wine - especially as you claim the problem is in all
> versions of wine after 0.9.57?

These are separate machines - the architecture and graphics card do not match.

> 
> i ask again whether you are using a Intel graphics card for the test results
> you have posted on the appdb or whether you were using the Radeon 5900?

The 5900 for x86 and an Intel for x64.  I don't have the full details of the
x64 machine at the moment as it is now in use (and not with me).

> 
> could you also post a bit more of the specification of your test machines -
> just the graphics card info isn't as useful (i used to have an amd x2 with an
> ati graphics card(using fglrx) and it wouldnt play any games fullscreen but
> when i swapped the card for an nvidia (using the binary drivers) it worked
> perfectly) - putting the same ati card into another intel system i had and i
> had no issues for example
> 
> if the radeon are you using fglrx or the opensource drivers?

Whatever is installed by default by all the distros I tested.
The Radeon proprietary drivers I downloaded refuse to install on Ubuntu,
claiming they're already installed... so I guess they are.
However, "There are no restricted drivers in use on this system."
I have tried answering this myself, but I have no clue as to how to find this
out.

> 
> > Works on some machines using wine >0.9.57, but works on all systems using wine
> > <=0.9.57.
> > The problem is not related to Linux distro, it seems to be related to the
> > graphics card?  But it does not exist in wine version 0.9.57 and earlier.
> 
> id agree that it does seem to be a graphics card/driver issue bear in mind that
> all versions of ubuntu share the same lower levels as in reality they are all
> the same distro just with a different graphical front end and window manager
> 

Yes, but it still works under regression?

> > 
> > Interestingly, the games all exit with the exact same error message as in bug
> > 14595, which has been accepted as a regression bug.
> 
> 14595 at the time of writing this reply is marked as unconfirmed - that dosnt
> mean its been accepted - as i have a copy of unreal anthology ill try it out
> for myself when i get home - both with and without the mesa fixes from lenny
> 
> i assume you mean the one about ipixelformat? i still get that message with the
> mesa update - its a fixme not an error and it still works nonetheless
> 

It's an error here, not a fixme.  They don't work under Debian Lenny either.

I was also going to try Unreal Tournament (it would actually be nice to have it
installed again) but I can't find the discs!
I could always download the demo, I suppose.

> > 
> > Don't bother checking the appdb for results, we've had to remove someone for
> > falsifying the results (to what gain, nobody knows).
> > 
> 
> bugzilla is not for ones personal opinions its for bugs - i believe Chris
> morgan has pointed that out to you already though so nuff said on that

A fact is not an opinion.

> 
> > So, where is the bug if it is not a regression bug?
> 
> well from the information you have provided so far it still looks to be in mesa
> and possibly in the graphics driver - the debian lenny changelog for mesa
> mentions fixes were applied for intel graphics cards - i believe fglrx uses its
> own implementation but i cant confirm that atm - the nvidia driver definitely
> does

But this does not tally with my results.  It does not work with Debian Lenny. 
It does work with Ubuntu under a different machine with an Intel graphics card.

It still works with an older version of wine.

> 
> > It works in an old wine, it doesn't in the new.  Isn't this the definition of a
> > regression bug?
> > 
> 
> thats a very simplistic viewpoint -there are too many variables to break it
> down to just that - stub implementations of api's & functions can break
> applications - thats not necessarily a regression its more of an interaction
> problem imho
> 

It works in 0.9.57.

There is still more testing I would like to try with this, but I have been
short on time recently.
I will, of course, update once I have some results.

I tested the latest GIT version too, obviously nothing changed.


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