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  1. Humm, I dont know what to tell you. I read your problem, and on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) I did the following to install Steam:

     

    1) Build the latest version of WINE.

    2) From the terminal as a normal user: wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi'

    3) Follow the normal install routine, same as windows.

     

     

    Did you use the latest build of wine? I am asking because of this line:

    err:ntlm:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path.

     

    This is probably your problem with not being able to login to Steam.

  2. On my laptop I have gotten my wireless to work well except in one instance. At LSU (and my apartment) when ever there are multiple AP around, I cannot get a DHCP lease. I can see the AP's (iwlist scan) and it works fine on a single AP network (coffee shop and my parents house) but not multiple APs. Anyone have an idea for a fix (Running Ubuntu and a Prism 54 based card).

     

    auto eth1

    iface eth1 inet dhcp

    wireless_mode auto

    wireless_essid off

    wireless_ap auto

    #wireless_keymode open|restriced

    #wireless_key1 WEPKEY

    #wireless_defaultkey 1

  3. A long time ago in a place something like today I wrote a HowTo for Starcraft using WINE.

    How To: Install and Play Starcraft on Linux

    by: ShadowFox

    Version: 1.1

     

        System Tested:

        HP Pavilion 5425 Laptop running Mandrake 9.1and wine v20030709

     

        Things to do:

        1) Download and install the latest version of wine (stable at time of article: 20030709)

        2) Configure a wine registry and prepare it for Window games and apps

        3) Installing Starcraft

        4) Playing Starcraft

     

        Section 1

     

        First things first, we need to go to http://www.winehq.org and download the latest stable source of wine and compile it. Compiling wine is very a very easy task, but might take some time of your system does not have the correct libraries. If this is the case, I would recommmnd going to http://rpmfind.net and try to find the latest version of wine for your distrobution.

     

        To install wine from source unzip the source into a local directory. Open up a terminal windows and navigate into the directory. Once in the directory type “./tools/wineinstall”. The script is pretty self contained. I would recommend doing something for the next few minutes. Building wine from source can take anywhere from 5-20 minutes or more. Once it finsihed compiling, it will ask for your root password and install wine into your linux system. Once thats done continue onto section 2.

     

        Section 2

     

        Wine unfortunately does not make a viable fake windows system. In order to do this I would recommend downloading winetools (v1.22 in this case) from http://franksworld.net/wine/winetools . Unzip the program and in the terminal type “sh install.sh”. Once the program is running. Select “Create Fake Windows Drive”. Enter the mount point and device name of the CD-Rom drive and click create. Now exit the winetools.

     

        Now in the ./wine/users.conf add the following lines to the end of the file:

     

        [software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders]

        "Programs" = "C:\\WINDOWS\\Start Menu\\Programs"

     

        This will prevent the annoying problem of a “start menu error” occuring The next tweak is just as easy, but if you do not do this you will not be able ot use the keyboard.

        Full screen tweak:

        If you are going to play Starcraft full screen, open up the /.wine/config and on line 130 make sure “DXGrab” = “Y” , without it your keyboard will not work.

        Windowed Tweak:

        If you are going to play Starcraft in a window you need to edit your /.wine/config. On line 121, remove the semi-colon from in front of "Desktop" = "640x480" and on line 130 make sure "DXGrab" = "N", if you dont do this your keyboard will not work (strange yes.. but I didnt write wine).

     

        If there are other problems check out http://appdb.winehq.com/appview.php?appId=72&versionId=51 your problem might be answered here.

     

        Section 3

     

        Now that we have done all the “hard” stuff and have gotten wine ready for Starcraft, everything will be a sinch. To install Starcraft, from the terminal go to your CD-Rom drive (in my case /mnt/cdrom) and type “wine install.exe”. If everything was done right, you should see the Starcraft installer window pop up. Do what it says, and congrats, you have installed Starcraft onto your linux system.

     

        Section 4

     

        Now the whole reason for the HowTo... to play the freaking game. Very simple. Navigate in the terminal to the directory of Starcraft (for me /home/shadow/.wine/c/Progam Files/StarCraft and type “wine Starcraft.exe”. The game should load. Enjoy

     

        Version 1.1 Changes:

        - More wine config tweeks

     

        *Disclaimer: I do not take responsibility for any lost or damaged media or properties.

     

        Copyright © 2003 Daniel Cheatham

  4. The most complaints I hear about FC 2 is that there are no media players. It's an annoyance, but can be easily overcome by adding certain repositories into your yum.conf file and typeing "yum install totem" for example. The last time I used FC was FC2t1 (due to outside circumstances...)

  5. Right now I am playing World of Warcraft (for free) and the chances are I will not ever touch it again once it is released, but for now, it is mindless fun. The only time you cannot solo is when you go to the elite dungeons and instance dungeons ( that is unless you 5+ levels higher). It's incredibly boring untill you get a little group of people, and then it is fun.

  6. My friend RaiderFox wrote one.....

    Written by: raiderfox

    Date of creation: 06/15/03, 3:12pm est

    Guide: Installing and running Kazaa Lite 2.1.0 build 3 via wine

     

    Before we begin notes:

    Before considering running Kazaa Lite on Linux, you should check out a native program, like giFT. It'll save you some headaches in the long run. Also, please keep in mind that this is what worked for me. There are several guides out there for running various versions of Kazaa Lite via wine, but none of them worked for me. Also, so you know what kind of system I have:

     

    Processor: Intel Pentium 4: 2ghz

    Graphics Processor: Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti4600: 4x agp, 128mb

    Sound Processor: Onboard Intel sound

    Ram: 512mb RDram

    48x DVD-rom

    32x/24x/12x CDR/W

    Distrobution: SuSE Linux 8.2 Personal - Kernel 2.4.20

    Wine: Compiled from source; 20030508 (yes SuSE comes with an rpm version of wine, but I prefer to compile it)

     

     

    First things first: get the files.

    You'll need to get the installer, (which you can get at http://kazaalite.tk) as well as some native M$ windows DLLs, (I used Windows 98SE, your milage may vary otherwise) which you can obtain from http://www.drd.dyndns.org.

     

    What you need:

    commctrl

    comctrl32

    shdocvw

    shdoclc

    shlwapi

    rasapi32

    msvcrt

    urlmon

    wininet

     

    There'll probably be a few of these files already in your ../(fake_)windows/system directory, which you should store in a safe place for a rainy day or whatever. What I did was create a subdirectory in ../(fake_)windows/system called Dll_orig and moved the dlls that I already have that had the same name in there.

    After you've downloaded and stored the dll's in the system directory, go find your Wine registry config file. For me, this is ~/.wine/config.

     

    Add these lines to your registry:

     

    [AppDefaults\\kazaalite.kpp\\DllOverrides]

    "commctrl" = "native"

    "comctrl32" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

     

    [AppDefaults\\kpp.exe\\DllOverrides]

    "comctrl32" = "native"

    "comdlg32" = "native"

    "rasapi32" = "native"

    "msvcrt" = "native"

    "shdoclc" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

    "urlmon" = "native"

    "wininet" = "native"

     

    [AppDefaults\\klitekpp210b3e.exe\\DllOverrides]

    "commctrl" = "native"

    "comctl32" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

     

    (also, make sure your Wine winver is set to win98)

     

    Ready to Install!

    cd into the directory where you downloaded the kazaa lite installer, and run it like you would any other windows program via wine - "wine klitekpp210b3e.exe". When you get to the part of selecting what to install, remove all the unnecesary components. (I haven't tested any of the componnents, so I can't verify if it [the extra components] works or not) Also, when you get to the part of having the option of launching the program or configurator, don't (again, untested). After the install closes, you should then be able to run Kazaa Lite. cd into the directory it was installed in, and type "wine kpp.exe", and voila! It's buggy and fairly slow, but the search and transfer tabs work (albeit distrorted), as well as the system tray icon, under KDE. Enjoy!

     

    Written by: raiderfox

    Date of creation: 06/15/03, 3:12pm est

    Guide: Installing and running Kazaa Lite 2.1.0 build 3 via wine

     

    Before we begin notes:

    Before considering running Kazaa Lite on Linux, you should check out a native program, like giFT. It'll save you some headaches in the long run. Also, please keep in mind that this is what worked for me. There are several guides out there for running various versions of Kazaa Lite via wine, but none of them worked for me. Also, so you know what kind of system I have:

     

    Processor: Intel Pentium 4: 2ghz

    Graphics Processor: Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti4600: 4x agp, 128mb

    Sound Processor: Onboard Intel sound

    Ram: 512mb RDram

    48x DVD-rom

    32x/24x/12x CDR/W

    Distrobution: SuSE Linux 8.2 Personal - Kernel 2.4.20

    Wine: Compiled from source; 20030508 (yes SuSE comes with an rpm version of wine, but I prefer to compile it)

     

     

    First things first: get the files.

    You'll need to get the installer, (which you can get at http://kazaalite.tk) as well as some native M$ windows DLLs, (I used Windows 98SE, your milage may vary otherwise) which you can obtain from http://www.drd.dyndns.org.

     

    What you need:

    commctrl

    comctrl32

    shdocvw

    shdoclc

    shlwapi

    rasapi32

    msvcrt

    urlmon

    wininet

     

    There'll probably be a few of these files already in your ../(fake_)windows/system directory, which you should store in a safe place for a rainy day or whatever. What I did was create a subdirectory in ../(fake_)windows/system called Dll_orig and moved the dlls that I already have that had the same name in there.

    After you've downloaded and stored the dll's in the system directory, go find your Wine registry config file. For me, this is ~/.wine/config.

     

    Add these lines to your registry:

     

    [AppDefaults\\kazaalite.kpp\\DllOverrides]

    "commctrl" = "native"

    "comctrl32" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

     

    [AppDefaults\\kpp.exe\\DllOverrides]

    "comctrl32" = "native"

    "comdlg32" = "native"

    "rasapi32" = "native"

    "msvcrt" = "native"

    "shdoclc" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

    "urlmon" = "native"

    "wininet" = "native"

     

    [AppDefaults\\klitekpp210b3e.exe\\DllOverrides]

    "commctrl" = "native"

    "comctl32" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

     

    (also, make sure your Wine winver is set to win98)

     

    Ready to Install!

    cd into the directory where you downloaded the kazaa lite installer, and run it like you would any other windows program via wine - "wine klitekpp210b3e.exe". When you get to the part of selecting what to install, remove all the unnecesary components. (I haven't tested any of the componnents, so I can't verify if it [the extra components] works or not) Also, when you get to the part of having the option of launching the program or configurator, don't (again, untested). After the install closes, you should then be able to run Kazaa Lite. cd into the directory it was installed in, and type "wine kpp.exe", and voila! It's buggy and fairly slow, but the search and transfer tabs work (albeit distrorted), as well as the system tray icon, under KDE. Enjoy!

  7. Ok -- I've had a problem like this with mandrake. The problem is that mandrakes custom kernel sometimes does like certain hardware configurations. The longest I could get 10CE to be stable was 16 minutes.. just long enough to compile and install a custom kernel. Now, if you dont want to compile and install a custom kernel, I would recommend Overclockix or Knoppix as a good distro for you

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