wine users - Sep 2009 - champions online starting, but sleeping

I' ve just recently started using linux, so my knowledge is limited.

however, i have installed wind on Linux Mint 7.  i may have installed the wrong
one because i installed the ubuntu version and not the debian version.  if this
is the case.  well, that may be part of the problem.

all the same, i downloaded the game from direct2drive, just as i did when i was
in windows 7 RC.  i extracted, found the setup.exe file, ran it in wine and
everything installed seemingly very well.  but, when i click on the Champions
Online icon, i initially got the message asking if it was a trusted program,
clicked yes, then nothing.

I checked in system monitor and saw that a Champions Online process was there,
but it was "Sleeping."  i tried stopping and starting it again, but it
kept going to "Sleeping."  other programs, linux ones, are running
fine.  so it seems to be " working,"  but it never brings up the game
or the login info, etc.

i guessed that since it was another MMO, it should work similar to WoW, i
haven't tried that yet, but will give it a go to see if the same problem
arises.

thanks for any help in advance

profpedantic wrote:
> I extracted, found the setup.exe file, ran it in wine and everything
installed seemingly very well.  but, when i click on the Champions Online icon,
i initially got the message asking if it was a trusted program, clicked yes,
then nothing.
Run it from the terminal and post output here.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

On 09/15/2009 11:33 PM, profpedantic wrote:
> but, googled and found a WOW form post about that exact error.  seems to be
a directX error.
> Is there some sort of " directX"  i need to install for wine?

Not if you use the -opengl for WoW.