On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:58 PM, qwertymn <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >I would also like to see a good way to test DirectX. The problem with> dxdiag >is that it does not seem to work without installing MS DirectX and> then >setting a whole bunch of dll overrides. Of course, there are those who> ask, >"Why would you do something as stupid as installing DirectX?" The> obvious >is answer is "Duh. To get a diagnostic program to run." If there> were a >diagnostic that didn't crash without MS DirectX it would help a lot.>> I guess wine just needs a builtin dxdiag.exe.> Reason 1: to test simple DirectX capability> Reason 2: Some windows applications, like GameZone test explixitely for> the presence of dxdiag.exe in c:\windows\system32\, and fail miserabily to> run, if it's not found.>> Actually my plan is to look into this, if i have some free time, and see if> i can make patch that adds a simple dxdiag.exe to wine. Shouldn't be to> difficult. To be continued. Can you see if it tries to run it or just checks for the file? Does:$ touch ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/dxdiag.exeFix gamezone?-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080425/77ab4600/attachment.htm
