wine users - Nov 2009 - Running wine from source

I am trying to run Steam via Wine from the source code (1.1.33), instead of the
binaries in the repo that I have installed (1.1.32). I am on Ubuntu 8.10. I have
a few questions:

1. When I run from the binaries, all my games launch fine. When I run from the
compiled source, I get the following error when I try to launch games:

err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr
0x7ef823e7

And the game will not launch. Is this a new bug that was introduced in 1.1.33,
or did I mess up trying to build wine?

2. I basically want to play around with just the d3d code. Is there any way I
could build just the d3d dlls and use them with the current binary install I
have, or would it be easier just to run everything from the source version?

Also, I have another issue I run into frequently that I didn't see covered
by the FAQ. In a lot of FPS games, when using mouse look, it seems like my
ability to look around is bounded by the mouse hitting the edge of the screen,
i.e. I can only spin around about 2 times in either direction before I get stuck
and have to "unspin" myself. Is there a fix for this sort of thing, or
is it a known problem?

HappyCat wrote:
> err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr
0x7ef823e7
Is that the only message you get? Anything before that? Have you installed all
dependencies to build Wine? See http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages


HappyCat wrote:
> 2. I basically want to play around with just the d3d code. Is there any way
I could build just the d3d dlls and use them with the current binary install I
have, or would it be easier just to run everything from the source version?
Yes, you can build just d3d dlls, but you'll have to replace your installed
Wine's dlls if you want to use new compiled ones.


HappyCat wrote:
> In a lot of FPS games, when using mouse look, it seems like my ability to
look around is bounded by the mouse hitting the edge of the screen, i.e. I can
only spin around about 2 times in either direction before I get stuck and have
to "unspin" myself.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6971