wine users - Feb 2010 - White screen after some time in WoW

My problem:
After some time playing WoW (about 1-2 minutes) the whole screen turns white.
Everything else seems to work perfectly, I still have sound and I still can
interact with my character. I can even open a terminal (blindfolded) and type
'killall WoW.exe' to quit WoW and make the white screen go away.

wine --version outputs 'wine-1.1.37'
I use the propiertary nVidia drivers version 185.18.36
I use Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

I've tried running in windowed mode, maximized and fullscreen. I've
tried with and without this registry tweak:
http://wow4wine.wetpaint.com/page/Registry+tweak+for+FPS+Boost

I've tried OpenGL and DirectX.

Nothing seems to work.

This problem hasn't been there all the time. Wine has been updated through
the Ubuntu Updater this week. It seems that the white screen occurs since then.

Thank you in advance.

Also here is my config.wtf:


Code:
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET readScanning "1"
SET readContest "-1"
SET readTerminationWithoutNotice "1"
SET installType "Retail"
SET locale "deDE"
SET movie "0"
SET showToolsUI "1"
SET portal "eu"
SET realmList "eu.logon.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET patchlist "eu.version.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET coresDetected "2"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxRefresh "50"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET videoOptionsVersion "3"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET SoundBufferSize "150"
SET farclip "727"
SET specular "1"
SET groundEffectDensity "24"
SET projectedTextures "1"
SET mouseSpeed "1"
SET accounttype "LK"
SET realmName "xxxxx"
SET gameTip "115"
SET accountName "xxxxxxx"
SET lastCharacterIndex "6"
SET VoiceActivationSensitivity "0.39999997615814"
SET ChatMusicVolume "0.29999998211861"
SET ChatSoundVolume "0.39999997615814"
SET ChatAmbienceVolume "0.29999998211861"
SET componentTextureLevel "9"
SET gxResolution "1680x1050"
SET gxWindow "1"
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET Sound_ZoneMusicNoDelay "1"
SET gxVSync "0"
SET gxAPI "OpenGL"
SET Gamma "0.500000"
SET gxMaximize "1"

Have you tried it without the registry tweaks and without opengl at the same 
time? You might also check for newer video drivers, I'm at 190.53 (official 
nVidia).

@Cloudef: Sorry, I'm new to Linux. How do I apply this patch?

@tparker: I have now updated my video drivers to 190.53 and also tried without
registry tweaks and without opengl.

The white screen still appears.

The strange thing is that the whole screen turns white, not only the game
window. It's like the brightness or gamma of the screen is on its maximum.

Zonarius wrote:
> For everyone who has the same problem:
>
> I solved it by replacing my graphics card.
> It seems to work now.
>
>   
What video card did you have and what did you replace it with?

Also, can you provide what video drivers you were using and what are you
using now?

James McKenzie

James McKenzie wrote:
> Zonarius wrote:
> 
> > For everyone who has the same problem:
> > 
> > I solved it by replacing my graphics card.
> > It seems to work now.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> What video card did you have and what did you replace it with?
> 
> Also, can you provide what video drivers you were using and what are you
> using now?
> 
> James McKenzie

With my old Graphics Card, I tried the nVidia proprietary drivers version
185.18.36 and also 190.53.

Both my new and the old Graphic Card are GeForce 8600M GTs.
Now I'm using the 190.53 drivers.