wine users - May 2010 - intel drivers

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 , i got tired of windows crashing and installed FC
12 on it (stand alone ).

Im having problems running some of the simple games like Zeus and Pharoah ( they
just crash) and ive read somewhere that Wine doesnt support intel drivers ?

Even simple games like the ones above wont run ( need an Nvidia/ATI card ? ).
Also tried Knight Online without success on different version of wine ( 1.0.1-x
, 1.1.28,29,38,39,44 ). Software dont seem to have a problem running though.

The graphics card is an Intel Mobile Series 4 Chipset.

These games are quite simple/old and if even they dont run then im afraid i have
to switch back to windows which i just dont want to. Is linux such a bad
platform for gaming ? or should i have bought a laptop with a respected graphics
manufacturer :( ?

going to try wine 1.2 for Knight Online too soon but would like to know if its
worth the time & effort.

Knight Online is a DX 8.1 based game ,not too high requirements.

darkmatter wrote:
> Im having problems running some of the simple games like Zeus and Pharoah (
they just crash) and ive read somewhere that Wine doesnt support intel drivers?
Wine support all the drivers, as long as they provide functioning OpenGL
implementation. Intel hes the worst drivers in this sense.

Make sure that you have proper 32-bit opengl libraries installed.

vitamin wrote:
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> Make sure that you have proper 32-bit opengl libraries installed.

how do i confirm that ? i installed games like glest and wesnoth and thy ran
perfectly