I assume you mean 7.10 by 7.1, right? 10 = October in their system. 7.1 would mean a January 2007 release. Letting us know the version of WINE would be helpful. Thanks! On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:28 PM, nipzor <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I installed Steam via Wine, launchign it, logging in, everything seems to work. When i try to launch a game (e.g. TF2) it will start the valve video, and i see the menu laoding screen, but then suddenly it will just exit and return to the desktop. when i first launched tf2 it told me that i need atleast direct x8, no idea why its not showing up anymore ( itried to install direct x after that but it didnt work). i have no idea what to do, asked several times in the irc but nothing could help so far. also, steam sais this: > > [Image: http://i27.tinypic.com/15zqc87.png ][/img] > > > > > > -- Douglas A. Whitfield UNC SILS, May 2008 Co-Founder Carolina Open Source Initiative http://www.ibiblio.org/cosi cell: 919-360-0306