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WOW & TBC

Hey All,
Ok last night I installed Crossover and then installed WOW & TBC. The instalation went so good I thought I must still be on Windows Vista or Xp but I am not on Windows. I can login and pick my character and then try to login to the realm.

This is where my problems arise. Like Cedega I keep have Wow & TBC crashing on entering the realm. I tried all my characters and had the same problem with all of them :o(

I currently run:

Cpu: AMD 4200+ Dual Core
Memory: 2gig DDR2
Mobo: Msi ????
Drives: HDD160gig, 80gig(Both SATA), 80gig IDE External via USB, DVD-Rom and DVD-RW +RW.
ATI X1800 512mb Graphics Card.
Os: Ubuntu 7.04

If anyone can help then please let me know.. ta.

Maikiro

A little how-to for this problem (everything in your terminal, everything without quotes and CaSe sensitive):
1.) copy your xorg.conf to a new filename: "cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/wowxorg.conf"
2.) create a new file, your wow startup script: "touch /usr/bin/xstart_wow"
3.) copy this in your new script:```

!/bin/sh

X :3 -ac -terminate -config wowxorg.conf & # Launches a new X session on display 3
sleep 2 # Forces the system to have a break for 2 seconds
DISPLAY=:3 exec "/path/to/your/cxoffice/bin/wine" --bottle "WOW" --check --wait-children --start "c:/windows/profiles/All Users/Desktop/World of Warcraft.lnk" # Launches WoW


4.) make the script executable: "chmod a+x /usr/bin/xstart_wow"  
5.) now modify your wowxorg.conf like in this thread: [WOW + CNC3 + ATi Radeon...](http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name?app_id=2631;forum=1;msg=6100)  
6.) start the game with your startup script

information:  
- this script starts a new x server with a workaround (wowxorg.conf) to get rid of the enter world crash  
- this new x server will shut down if you quit wow  
- you can switch back to your existing x server by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F7]  
- you can switch to wow by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F8]  
- for more information look at [WoWWiki](http://www.wowwiki.com/Linux/Wine) (my tip: registry fps boost)

Ok I have now solved the problem.
The problem is that ATI has ST drivers for there video cards for Linux. I did a full reinstall with a Nvidia Video Card and it works start away with no problems at all.
I will be selling my ATI card and buying a good Nvidia video card. (sorry ATI, sort out ya S
te video card drivers for linux).

I currently run:

Cpu: AMD 4200+ Dual Core
Memory: 2gig DDR2
Mobo: Asus ????
Drives: HDD160gig, 80gig(Both SATA), 80gig IDE External via USB, DVD-Rom and DVD-RW +RW.
VGA: Nvidia 6600 128mb Graphics Card. (ATI X1800 512mb Graphics Card. - Removed)
Os: Ubuntu 7.04

Have fun all.

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