Very disappointing on the install so far. The files are on the disk in some format that is only letting me see two of the 'some number more than two' files that are there. One of the files I can see is and Install.exe but it does nothing when double clicked, nothing when I right click and select 'Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader"'. When I try to run it from a console I get: wine: could not load L"D:\\Installer.exe": Module not found It will not let me cut/paste/copy either of the two files it shows into my wine directory to try to run them from there. It does not show all of the necessary files to copy the data from the disk to the hard drive and run the install from there. Right now it looks like I will be forced to network a Windows computer, copy the files to that hard drive, then copy them across the network to my Linux computer. This is a huge and frustrating back step for Linux compatibility compared to the Burning Crusade expansion. When BC can out I came home from the store, put the disk in, double clicked install and was logged in and playing less than 20 minutes later. WotLK has so far has been an hour since I put the disk in and I am no close to playing than I was before I left for the store. Other disks in this drive and everything else on my computer work fine so I am assuming this is a problem with Wrath and not just my machine. I will continue to look for solutions while the files copy to to and from a windows machine and will post again if/when I get it running in case I find anything useful to someone else. I am expecting the game itself to play fine once it's installed. Tricia
I have the same problem. The are only 2 files on the disc. They both havr a tag as unreadable.
Getting the install started was a hassle but from there it all works: Putting the files on the hard drive of a networked Windows computer and running the install from there worked fine - navigating to the directory on the Windows computer where the files are and running: wine Install.exe The install started up with no trouble, all text was easily readable, all checkboxes worked. The installer connected fine with Firefox to log into my account and upgrade it with no delays or errors. During the install the progress bar, changing images and text, and sound all worked flawlessly. At the end of the install the standard WoW loader splash screen came up and it said it was loading a patch but the progress bar for that download did not move or give me any information. I let it sit a couple minutes and it told me that a new downloader had finished downloading. The loader screen was replaced with a Blizzard updater bar the same as during any patch and it completed with no further input from me. After two patches I was ready to play. The game started as normal, played the new intro with no graphics or sound glitches. After the intro cinematic I had one more patch to download after log in, again with no trouble. All EULA text and buttons were clear and easy to read. Game log in and play so far is the same as I had pre-expansion. Wine version 1.1.8 Ubuntu Hardy 32 bit, fully updated as of Nov. 12, 2008 Nvidia graphics card, built in sound (Asus mainboard)
I get a similar problem although wine attempts to open the Installer.exe file, but it pops up w/ a window saying, "No installer data could be found. If this problem persists, please contact Blizzard Technical Support.". When run in the terminal, the same window appears, but it also puts out these errors, fixme:richedit:IRichEditOle_fnGetClientSite stub 0x14232c0 fixme:ole:OleCreateStaticFromData (not shown), stub! I searched and similar errors have occured, mainly with the BC release (different hex address though) and the work around seemed to be adding the unhide switch in the /etc/fstab/ for your dvd rom. This did not seem to work for me, but that could be to some other problems I encountered. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:36 AM, fndii <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Apparently this helped someone > > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...sion&iId=14154 > > something to do with loging in as root to get permission on the cd. > > not sure hot to do it > > > > > >Link is broken. -- -Austin
I have the same problem installing the new WoW - WotLK on Gentoo Linux I am going to try FreeBSD next, I will keep you posted Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks
new link http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14154 somehting to do with loggin in as root and getting permission on the drive so you can see and copy all of the files
Not sure if it works but i upgraded my account on the website and am ussung the blizzard downloader to install the game / bypassing the DVD reading problem - this is the fix for people who dont own a dvd drive.
>Not sure if it works but i upgraded my account on the website and am ussung the blizzard downloader to install the game / bypassing the DVD reading problem - this is the fix for people who dont own a dvd drive. >{Been lurking, following the situation with installing World of Warcraft from supplied media} There is an inovative solution to the problem! However, the basic problem remains that the DVD media is not readable by an ordinary user with the default settings for the DVD device under Ubuntu. This needs to be addressed by Ubuntu support as there is nothing the Wine team can do until this is corrected/updated. James McKenzie
Yes the d/l from the website worked the best, although on the first try the EULA failed to load (some HTML problem). I went looking for an answer to that and when I reloaded it, the problem worked itself out somehow. Installed, works fine, no noticable drop in frame rates although still long load screens. Hope everyone else gets it working also.
James Mckenzie wrote:> However, the basic problem remains that the DVD media is not readable by an ordinary user with the default settings for the DVD device under Ubuntu. This needs to be addressed by Ubuntu support as there is nothing the Wine team can do until this is corrected/updated.Yes. I posted on the Ubuntu forums as well. I chose to go ahead and send to the wine list as I knew we had several WoW players using Wine. Once the install issue was worked around I thought the information on the actual install process and game play might be useful to someone. :)
Using root to copy the dvd to the local HD then chown -R the files to the intended user worked without a hitch. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/WoW---WotLK---install-is-a-hassle-%3A%28-tp20475483p20541300.html Sent from the Wine - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> Using root to copy the dvd to the local HD then chown -R the files to the > intended user worked without a hitch.I can verify this method works like a charm in FreeBSD 7.1 Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks
Because I'm getting nowhere fast with the Blizzard downloader I'm doing this the long way. I am running into a command line issue when getting to the chown -r step can someone post the exact command so I can copy and paste it into terminal if my directory structure is: desktop/wowinstall because I have tried it 32 times in multiple incarnations and I'm still getting "cannot access `/Desktop/wowinstall': No such file or directory"
ghughes wrote:> Because I'm getting nowhere fast with the Blizzard downloader I'm doing this the long way. I am running into a command line issue when getting to the chown -r step > > can someone post the exact command so I can copy and paste it into terminal if my directory structure is: desktop/wowinstall because I have tried it 32 times in multiple incarnations and I'm still getting > > "cannot access `/Desktop/wowinstall': No such file or directory"You are not entering the right folder's name. It is not Code: /Desktop/wowinstall but I think Code: ~/Desktop/wowinstall The first one tries to find a folder named Desktop on the root of the system, the second one tries to find a folder named Desktop in your home user. Note that the "Desktop" folder may have different names depending on your distribution and language. The command look like: Code: sudo chown -R username:username ~/Desktop/wowinstall Replace 'username' by your user name You can also try to cd in the folder containing the folder wowinstall and running from there : Code: sudo chown -R username:username wowinstall
Imamale wrote:> wine: could not load L"<my path to installer>\\Installer.exe": Module not foundIs something with wine 1.1.8 downgrade to 1.1.7 and it will work.
After doing this step: sudo chown -R geoffrey:geoffrey ~/Desktop/wowinstall My files where unlocked, I ran the installer and this popped up in a text box: The File "Localization.xtml" could not be loaded. mshtml.dll and wininet.dll Are set to (native, built in) Am I missing something else?