On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Gerry Visel <gcvisel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > An update on my attempts to fly again... > > Trying to install the newer MS Flight Simulator X resulted in a > lockup when it asked for DVD disk 2. I had to eject the DVD tray with a > wine eject command in a second window, and it would never recognize that > disk 2 was inserted. Multiple tries got me no further, though it had > installed a lot of files from disk 1. > > So I backed up a bit and dug out my old copy of FS98. It was > contained wholly on one CD, which did install just fine. So far, so > good. > > When I then tried to run it from the Wine menu, it would start up > fine, with the engine running, and responding to controls. However, > when I taxied very far or tried to take off, wine would crash. When I > ran it from a terminal window where I could watch, with: > env WINEPREFIX="/home/gerry/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files > \Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\FltSim98.exe" > I got this as it loaded: > fixme:spoolsv:serv_main (0 (nil)) > fixme:ntdll:RtlNtStatusToDosErrorNoTeb no mapping for 8000000a > fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33d8e0,0x00000000), > stub! > and this when it crashed: > Segmentation fault > > Anybody got any ideas on how to proceed? Is anybody else flying it? > > I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 on an Intel box, without a Winders partition > any more. > > Thanks, > Gerry > > > I don't think this app has ever worked well, FWIW. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=7775&iTestingId=20357
