javaguy Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) I know people have gotten this to work, but it just freezes when I run it. I have other games running under the latest winex. I'm running Mandrake 9.2. The command I'm running is: winex3 War3.exe -opengl Then it just hangs forever. If I tail /var/log/messages in another window, I see the message: kernel: no device found when it starts. The CD is mounted, btw. Help! Thanks! Moved by DragonMage from Games to Emulation Edited March 24, 2004 by DragonMage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Try, changing the command to: winex3 War3.exe -- -opengl If that fails, try moving the opening videos directory then start it like that. If all fails, have a look through the following link http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=556 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Tried that. It still hangs forever. The Winex forum you lnik to wasn't helpful except that it did have a post by a guy who said the removing "--" from the startup command fixed it for him. I loved the movies directory, too, to no avail. I know this is doable...it has a "working rating" of 5 over on the Winex forums. But I don't even begin to know where to look for the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 May seem odd but have you tried it via Point2Play or just Winex3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted March 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Yes, I tried Point2Play. No joy, plus it's hard to get it to install stuff where I want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 WineX 3.3 was released three days ago, so maybe try upgrading. The -opengl flag is not necessary in versions 3 and above of WineX, so you can drop that. It smells like a sound problem... just a hunch. Try disabling your sound server (OSS or ALSA) and running the game - it will obviously be quiet but if it doesn't freeze then we at least know what is causing it to. Also checkout your WineX config file (it's under the transgaming folder in your home directory) and try running Warcraft in a window (as opposed to full screen) by modifying that file.... and then come back with your results ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Just remembered another thing: there are two executable files for War3, the one you are using and I think the other one is Warcraft III.exe (or something like that) - so you can also try running the other executable (although Transgaming don't recommend it. You could also try the -nosplash flag, which sometimes clears away some of the fog for Wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Also suggested is the -classic option. And for me, it didnt work for a few days, but then one day.. it just worked!! Got no idea why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Still no joy, but I sure like the run-in-desktop-window option. ;) The thing is, it doesn't give me error messages or anything. Just opens the window and hangs forever. Is there an error log somewhere of what may be going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 THats what happened to me....then it just worked one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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