Hi all,
I just downloaded CrossOver (the trial version) and I'm trying to use it to play WoW. I installed without any major problem (I copied all CD on the hard drive and launched the installation from it), but I can't make WoW start.
If I try to use the icon that CO automatically created on my desktop I get the WoW Launcher, but if i click "Play" nothing happen. I tried to use "Run a Windows Command" to run directly WoW.exe and I see it running on the task bar, but only for few seconds and than disappear (and of course nothing show up on screen); I also tried to run it from a console (with "/opt/cxoffice/bin/wine WoW.exe"), but still nothing happens not even an error message (the reason why I tried to run it from the console).
I tried with the "-opengl" parameter (to WoW.exe), but nothing.
I added the following lines to the "Config.wtf" (all other lines I read on other topics were already present):
SET gxApi "opengl"
SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET SoundBufferSize "100"
SET ffxDeath "0"
... still nothing.
By running "glxinfo | more" I get:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
I don't know if it is useful, but before trying CrossOver I tried with Wine alone (downloaded from winehq.com), but "./configure -verbose" returned those warnings:
configure: WARNING: X development files not found. Wine will be built without
configure: WARNING: X support, which currently does not work, and probably
configure: WARNING: isn't what you want anyway. You will need to install devel
configure: WARNING: packages of Xlib/Xfree86 at the very least.
configure: WARNING: Wine will be build without OpenGL or Direct3D support
configure: WARNING: because something is wrong with the OpenGL setup:
But I could not understand which is wrong with the OpenGL setup since I'm using without problems Beryl for 3D desktop and "OpenGL Screensaver" as screensaver.
My hardware is: Intel Core 2 Duo 6700, ECS PN2 SLI2+ Extreme nForce 680i SLI (motherboard), and EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX. As for Linux, I'm using Mandriva 2007 Spring. WoW is at 2.0.0.xxxx (I just installed the base + TBC).
Not to put any pressure on you guys, but since it has been since Sunday that I'm trying to set up the whole computer with very slow progresses (with the relative frustration), tomorrow night will be the last night I will try to accomplish something; if I fail, I'm afraid Friday I will have to fall back on Windows (and watch over and over the TBC cinematic where Illidan states "You are not prepared"). ☹️