wine users - Dec 2009 - magic workstation0.94f instaler return access violation error Ubuntu9.10wine1.1.31

Magic Workstation is a Windows only program used to play "magic: the
gathering" online.

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 and wine 1.1.31

I tried to install the latest version o magic workstation (0.94f) using wine but
the installer returns a window with the message "Access violation at
address 0040C54A. Write of address 00400000." and a "OK" button
that closes the installer. Running wine trough the terminal returns no error
message, although.

Searching at appdb.winehq.org to see if the program really works under wine, I
found that it is gold rated on wine version 1.1.25 (and probably above).
Searching other forums about magic, and about magic workstation, I founded no
one with the same problems as me. I have, indeed, found some issues regarding
the program itself, but none about installers not working. And with even deeper
google research, I still haven't found no one with the same problem.

What I found was something regarding a known bug, which could somewhat be
related to my problem,
http://wiki.winehq.org/PreloaderPageZeroProblem

But, even running wine as super-user, changing .wine owner to root and/or using
the command workaround described there, I didn't managed to solve the
problem.

What upsets me more is that as much as I search, it appears that no single
person in the whole universe has the same problem.

I started thinking it was wine's problem, not magic workstation's
problem. But I tried to run other installers under wine and they just seemed to
be ok (I just launched the installers, not effectively installed the
applications).

That's it. I just don't know what to do.
I there is some relevant info about my system that I should post, just tell me.

I Know there is a winedbg command, but I don't know exactly how it works,
and if it would be able to help me.

And please, forgive for my english. I'm a portuguese speaker and I have
never had english classes.

The installer is still not running, but I managed to find a workaround.

I installed magic workstation under Windows, copied the program folder from
window's "Program Files" to wine's "Program Files".
Then, I used regedit on windows to export the registry entries on
"HKCU/Software/Magic Workstation", and then imported the entries using
wine's regedit.

Now, the program appear to run just fine. I even had some online plays, and
haven't seen any kind of problem yet.

However, even if my main problem (running the app under wine) is solved, the
question about the installer error is still unsolved. And, if this problem is
indeed new, it may (or may not) be some useful information for wine users and
developers know that it exists.

gnumaru wrote:
> However the question about the installer error is still unsolved.
Upgrade to latest Wine version (wine-1.1.34) and test again (preferably with new
wineprefix). And if the problem persists - open bug in bugzilla.