[Wine] wow memory error

Jerry Linux jerlinux at wowway.com
Wed Apr 22 19:10:10 CDT 2009


Sorry to butt in but can you send me a little insight on using the
nvidia installer?  I think that this box has the wrong drivers
installed.

Thanks
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 13:29 -0500, Addys wrote:
> Reinstall your video drivers (use the nvidia installer). Sometimes after a wine update wow has troubles starting up like that; this fixes it (at least for me).
> 
> 
> Jim Hall wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com>wrote:
> > 
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> > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Jim Hall <volunteer.jim at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Jim Hall <volunteer.jim at gmail.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Debian Lenny
> > > > > > Wine 1.0.1 from Lenny repository
> > > > > > Intel Dual Core
> > > > > > 2GB RAM
> > > > > > 250 GB SATA HD
> > > > > > Nvidia 9600 GT
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > When start WOW from system application menu I get the following error
> > > > > > 
> > > > > after
> > > > > 
> > > > > > I click on "Play" button on the WOW launcher.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The application has encountered a critical error:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Program:      C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe
> > > > > > Exception:    0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0073:7D9F80E4
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The instruction at "0073:7D9F80E4" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
> > > > > > The memory could not be "read".
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Press OK to terminate the application.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Everything about the comp is brand new, so I don't want to assume
> > > > > > 
> > > > > anything.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Any direction/advice is appreciated.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Jim
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> > > > > 
> > > > > Upgrade to 1.1.19.
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > -Austin
> > > > > 
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> > > > OK. Can I just add the Winehq repository to Apt (Synaptic) and install
> > > > 
> > > over
> > > 
> > > > what I have now
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > -Austin
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> > 
> > Thank you. Did that, Worked fine. Back to "winecfg" in terminal (I think
> > that's the Debian menu system). Program menu's still there. Error msg gone.
> > Downloaded patch update. New error msg, with a WOW title on the msg box.
> > "Failed to find a suitable display device. Exiting program."
> > 
> > OpenGL is set in the wtf. My original WOW install still runs (other, very
> > slow comp).
> > 
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Jerry Linux
Woodhaven, Mi




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