wine users - Jun 2008 - JUST A COUPLE OF NUBBY QUESTIONS BETWEEN ME AND FREEDOM

1. What does ~ mean? cd  ie. "~/.wine/drive_c/"

2. Steam runs.  Hurray.  But I can't chat with friends.  I can see their
messages, but not mine.  I assume they never get them because they never say
anything more.

3.  I launch TF2, I get the valve logo, source logo, then BAM back to desktop. 
No error boxes.  And my screen resolution stays "minimized" to what
tf2 was launched at.

I mean try to running the game via terminal and seeing if it will me anything
there.

4. I can't get utorrent to launch from links in firefox; everything else
about both programs works perfectly.  I've tried three scripts:

#!/bin/sh

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/utorrent
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
var="`echo $1 | sed 's/\//\\\/g'`"
var="Z:${var}"
wine utorrent.exe "$var"
else
wine utorrent.exe
fi

#!/bin/sh
cd ~/
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
var="`echo $1 | sed ?s////g'`"
var="Z:${var}"
wine .utorrent "$var"
else
wine.utorrent
fi

#!/bin/sh
wine /path/to/utorrent.exe "$*"

uTorrent's home: /home/earls/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/utorrent

So?

5. Is there a program or website that will verify you have the latest drivers? 
Is that something built into ubuntu?

~ means your home dir
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On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 14:38 -0500, jpearls wrote:
> 1. What does ~ mean? cd  ie. "~/.wine/drive_c/"
~ is your home directory, probably something like "/home/jpearls"
> 2. Steam runs.  Hurray.  But I can't chat with friends.  I can see
> their messages, but not mine.  I assume they never get them because
> they never say anything more.
I've noticed Steam chat is somewhat hit or miss even in Windows.  I
can't quite put my finger on it, but it also happens to my Windows-using
friends.  We just use XMPP instead for chat even when we're all logged
into Steam.
> 3.  I launch TF2, I get the valve logo, source logo, then BAM back to
> desktop.  No error boxes.  And my screen resolution stays
"minimized"
> to what tf2 was launched at.
It sounds like you may not have followed instructions, then.  Take
another look and see if you can find what you're doing wrong.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=9901
> 4. I can't get utorrent to launch from links in firefox; everything
> else about both programs works perfectly.  I've tried three scripts:
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> So?
You might try starting off at the AppDB with this one, too.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6824

Though I strongly suggest looking at native BitTorrent clients, as
there's a considerable number of quality BitTorrent clients already
available on Linux.
> 5. Is there a program or website that will verify you have the latest
> drivers?  Is that something built into ubuntu?
Which drivers?  For most drivers, they're already included with the
Linux kernel and they're kept up to date for you as long as you're
tracking a relatively recent stable kernel version.

-- 
Paul Johnson
baloo at ursine.ca
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jpearls wrote:
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> 4. I can't get utorrent to launch from links in firefox; everything
else about both programs works perfectly.  I've tried three scripts:
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No need to use sed here,
winepath is intended for that.


Code:
#!/bin/sh
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/utorrent
wine utorrent.exe $(winepath -w "$1")

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Sort of solved. How do I know I have the latest and greatest drivers for my
hardware?

Thanks.

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Solved

Nobody has a clue on this TF2 thing, eh?  I was under the impression with the
popularity of the game, the platinum rating and/or gold on Wine and all the
guides meant that it *might* actually work.

However, despite my attempts of diagnosising the situation, I'm at a loss.

I have the latest UbuntuAmd64 Stable.
I have the latest Wine Stable.
I have the latest drivers for my hardware. (according to the consensus)

I've run the game through a shortcut, through steam, and through terminal.

I've used the typical launch parameters recommended.

Are there logs somewhere I'm missing that would assist?

For what it's worth: AMD 64 3000+, 1GB RAM, ATI Raedon 9800

If at least no one knows here, is there a more comprehensive "get tf2
working on wine and unbuntu" venue?  I've also tried Ubuntu forms to no
avail.

Any help is appreciated, gaming is literally the only thing keeping me on
Windows.

This is really Valve's responsibility.  Doom 3 might have sucked but id
still has a far better open policy.  Guess I'll just go have to play Quake
Wars, any good? :)

jpearls wrote:
> Thanks.
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> 1. Solved
> 2. Unsolved
> 3. Unsolved
> 4. Solved
> 5. Solved
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Did you read the AppDB and did everything HOWTO told you to do?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:39 AM, jpearls <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Thanks.
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> 1. Solved
> 2. Unsolved
> 3. Unsolved
> 4. Solved
> 5. Solved
2:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9771

3:
http://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=team+fortress+2
> I have the latest UbuntuAmd64 Stable.
Why are you using 64 bit? Most people would be better off using 32bit.
The difference in speed is negligible for most tasks, but the
reduction in headaches and problems is significant.