On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:16 PM, ann <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've bought my 12 yr old son a used laptop (Dell Latitude D600) and convinced him to use a version of linux unstead of Windows. The laptop came with PCLinuxOS release 2007. > > He really wants to be able to run some of his games, so I used the Synaptic Package Manager to install Wine. The version available for PCLinuxOS was Wine 0.9.58. Wow that's old...Upgrade. > So far I've tried two games, and I've struck out on both. The installations seems to go fine, but the games don't play. > > Star Wars: The Video Game > ------------------------------------ > $ wine ./LegoStarwars.exe > wine: Unhandled page fault on write access to 0xfffffffc at address 0x38c3bac (thread 0022), starting debugger... > Unhandled exception: page fault on write access to 0xfffffffc in 32-bit code (0x038c3bac). > Register dump: > ..... > > Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup > ------------------------------------ > $wine ./QWC.exe > A gui pops up which says "A debugger has been detected: Unload the debugger and try again". Sounds like some copy protection...Depending on what kind it is, might/might now work in wine. -- -Austin
