wine users - Mar 2008 - Populous: The Beginning under wine-0.9.49

L.S.


I seem to remember this being a bit easier, apparently i'm wrong:


Code:

[xolo at sasquatch .wine]$ wine d:\\Setup.exe
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume'
element
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on Brooktree Bt878, disabling
mixer
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on USB Device 0x46d:0x8b2,
disabling mixer
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume'
element
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on Brooktree Bt878, disabling
mixer
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on USB Device 0x46d:0x8b2,
disabling mixer
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0xffffffff at address
0x11ef:0x00003540 (thread 0011), starting debugger...
fixme:dbghelp:addr_to_linear Failed to linearize address 400d:00000800 (mode 0)
fixme:dbghelp:addr_to_linear Failed to linearize address 400d:000076d4 (mode 0)
fixme:dbghelp:addr_to_linear Failed to linearize address 400d:000076ac (mode 0)
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7ef2c500 "syslevel.c:
Win16Mutex" wait timed out in thread 000e, blocked by 0011, retrying (60
sec)
[xolo at sasquatch .wine]$




Is the output from running Setup.exe off of the Populous: The Beginning CD-Rom.
I recall this game being version 1.00 on this disc.

System as follows:

* Mandriva 2008 Free (DVD version), last updates received this morning.
* Linux version 2.6.22.18-desktop-1mdv (qateam at mercury.mandriva.com) (gcc
version 4.2.2 20071128 (prerelease) (4.2.2-3.1mdv2008.0)) #1 SMP Mon Feb 11
13:53:50 EST 2008
* 2.8Ghz/512k L2 Intel Pentium 4 Processor
* 1GB DDR Ram
* nVidia Geforce 4 Ti4200/128MB AGP 3D Graphics Accelerator Card
* dkms-nvidia96xx - NVIDIA kernel module for most GF2/3/4 class cards -
1.0-9639.4mdv2008.0 installed and running, no update available.
* compiz-fusion - Compiz Fusion OpenGL composing manager - 0.0.1-0.3mdv2008.0
installed and running, no update available.
* libwine1 - Libraries for wine - 0.9.49-1mdv2008.0 installed and running, no
update available.
* libwine1-devel - Static libraries and headers for wine - 0.9.49-1mdv2008.0
installed and running, no update available.
* wine - WINE Is Not An Emulator - runs MS Windows programs - 0.9.49-1mdv2008.0
installed and running, no update available.


I'm curious how I can resolve this. Apparently according to the AppDB,
Populous: The Beginning version 1.01 can actually install and run, but with some
problems, however no specific instructions other than "it works you will
only need directx" were left behind.
DirectX already appears to be present within my currently installed version of
Wine (as running an DirectX installer will yield a window offering the option to
reinstall it rather than install it), so i'm wondering what "it works
you will only need directx" here means.
I can't even get to the install screen, it will pause for the stated 60
seconds, then return to the autorun splash screen.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Xolo wrote:
> L.S.
> Populous: The Beginning under wine-0.9.49
How about trying with more recent Wine version? Wine-0.9.58 was just released
this Friday.

Detructor wrote:
> which distribution to you use? 
> you can get packages from here: http://www.winehq.org/site/download

Mandriva 2008 Free, stated in first post under system setup.
Using the latest version does not seem like a good thing to do; there appear to
be problems:
http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=315
And #22 of http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=299

Also it creates other problems when attempting to install the package:
[Image: http://i30.tinypic.com/2cdzlh1.jpg ]

Firesong wrote:
> I'm running wine version 0.9.58, and when I try to wine the file
setup.exe, it opens the first window normally; however, when the install option
is selected, it opens the wine debugging window; however the window remains
blank.  When run in a terminal, the debug window still appears and remains
blank, but the terminal produces the following output:
> 
> "wine Setup.exe
> fixme:spoolsv:serv_main (0 (nil))
> err:service:service_get_status service protocol error - failed to read pipe
r = 0  count = 0!
> wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0xffffffff at address
0x11ef:0x00003540 (thread 0017), starting debugger...
> fixme:dbghelp:addr_to_linear Failed to linearize address b70d:00000800
(mode 0)
> fixme:dbghelp:addr_to_linear Failed to linearize address b70d:000076d4
(mode 0)
> fixme:dbghelp:addr_to_linear Failed to linearize address b70d:000076ac
(mode 0)"

You'll have to drill down to "D:\\setup\\yourlanguage\\SETUP.EXE"
(and replace D: with your Wine CD-Rom mapping and yourlanguage with the language
you wish Setup to use) and Wine that instead, the Autorun and Setup on the root
of the game CD will not work.

Marc wrote:
> I installed this game on 0.9.57 and played it without any problem last 
> week. I remember similar problems to those you say ( mouse, keyboard) 
> with a windowed wine (800x600, 640x480, since my screen is smaller than 
> yours), but the first 3 levels of the game worked great for me in 
> full-screen mode without any of the problems you say. Both hardware and 
> sofware rendering were flawlessly. I just had some sound problems. Did 
> you meet them?
> 
> Maybe I install it again on 0.9.58 this week and see how it goes.
> Marc ///

I have no sound problems in my current install of Populous: The Beginning.
D3DpopTB.exe will attempt to start, but soon errors out with exceptions and ELF
errors.
I had no luck running the game fullscreen, the mouse will still rubberband.
I may try the latest version of Wine later this week if I have enough time and
disk space to backup and reinstall in case it breaks things.