[Wine] Wine on MacBook - Linux and OS X problems

[James McKenzie]

motorollin wrote:
> James McKenzie wrote:
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>> This appears to be really interesting as Ubuntu should be using a
>> different driver than MacOSX.
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> Indeed. Makes me wonder whether it is actually a hardware incompatibility? Is that possible?
>   
Not incompatible, but poorly written drivers.  My MacBook Pro has an ATI
card in it.  AMD/ATI drivers for Linux are problematic, to put it best.
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> James McKenzie wrote:
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>> Have you tried Ubuntu 8.1 native to see
>> if that works?  If that does not work, then this may be an issue to
>> bring up with Apple and Ubuntu.
>>     
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> No, I haven't tried it yet as it would mean re-downloading the ISO. I'll do that and try it.
>   
Thank you.  Sorry for the duplicate download, but I don't run anything
on my Mac but MacOSX.
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> James McKenzie wrote:
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>> Also, did you try XQuartz 2.3.3?  I know that it requires Leopard 10.5.7
>> to install.
>>     
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> 10.5.7 isn't out yet, so I can't try it.
>
>   
I will keep on checking.  I've also asked Mike about his plans for
building Wine for MacOSX with this release.
> Will try 8.1 native and report back!
>
>
>   
Please do.  If problems continue, please file a report with Ubuntu.

James McKenzie