[Wine] WOW won't start

[L. Rahyen]

On Wednesday November 28 2007 18:32, Jim Hall wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2007 10:34 PM, L. Rahyen <research at science.su> wrote:
> > On Tuesday November 27 2007 04:10, Jim Hall wrote:
> > > Just installed WOW, Burning Crusade, patch. Won't go past the first
> >
> > startup
> >
> > > screen. Looked at AppDB, found bug 8774. Sounds like that could be (or
> >
> > be
> >
> > > related to) what I'm getting. Ran 'glxgears' and got the following:
> > > volunteer at bigkona:~$ glxgears
> > > Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> > > Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
> > > volunteer at bigkona:~$
> > >
> > > Could someone explain what it means and if/how it may be related to
> >
> > Wine?
> >
> >        No, it has nothing to do with WINE. This means you are missing GLX
> > extension
> > (it is necessary for OpenGL support).
> >
> > > I'm wondering if I've missed installing a pkg I need, or if this is a
> >
> > Wine
> >
> > > config issue.
> >
> >        You need to (re)install your video driver.
> >
> >
> >        Thank you for using WINE.
>
> Reinstalled driver, no change. However, the error msg seemed to point to
> X11, so I ran debconf to reconfigure X11, There's a GLX module - I made
> sure it was enabled. Bingo!
>
> Please note the card is:
> NVIDIA GeForce 6600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
> Running on Debian Etch on an AMD Athlon 1600 (actual 1400) w/ 1MB of RAM.
>
> After above reconfigure glxinfo gives:
> volunteer at bigkona:~$ glxinfo
> ...
> direct rendering: Yes
> ...
> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
> OpenGL version string: 2.0.2 NVIDIA 87.76
> ...
>
> winecfg only gives the usual ALSA mixer fixme.
> volunteer at bigkona:~$ winecfg
> fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on MPU-401 UART,
> disabling mixer
>
> glxgears gives no errors.
>
>
> Did I forget anything? As an INVIDIA guru, does this look OK to you?

	You have direct rendering enabled and NVIDIA' support for OpenGL 2. I think 
that everything should work correctly for you.


	Thank you for using WINE.