[Wine] "gdi32.dll" failed to initialize, aborting

[James McKenzie]

ver wrote:
> Sabayon (Gentoo) Linux 64-bit
>
> Linux mandy 2.6.25-sabayon-r1 #1 SMP Mon Jun 30 17:58:45 UTC 2008 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
> since wine links 32-bit, here are my 32-bit libs:
> GNU Libc 2.6.1
> GNU Libdl 2.6.1
> GNU Pthread 2.6.1
> libfreetype 6.3.16
>
> I should point out I haven't yet upgraded the Freetype 32-bit library.  When I did my upgrade, it was the 64-bit version, so this may yet be to blame.
>
> Let's see what happens when I build it for 32-bit...
>
> ... alright, thanks to my 'speedy' connection, I'll have to get back to this one.  I'll edit this post with my results when it's all sorted out.
>
>   
You might want to think about adding a line to your environment with the
Library variable set to point first to your 32 bit libraries.  On a Mac
the variable is LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

James McKenzie