Solved! Em Sáb, 2009-06-06 às 20:21 -0300, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle escreveu: > Em Sáb, 2009-06-06 às 13:31 -0700, James McKenzie escreveu: > > Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote: > > > I'm using an onboard Intel GMA X4500HD (G45 chipset), driver > > > xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9. If this might be fixed in the > > > 2.7 version of the video driver, I would be willing to instal Arch Linux > > > on a sepparate partition and try wine on it. > > > > > > > > Intel chipsets are notorious for providing poor Linux support. Wine is > > one of those programs that will test the ability of these drivers. > > > [In my previous computer I used S3 Unichrome onboard and Nvidia FX 5200 > > > offboard with either the nv or the nvidia drivers, without a problem.] > > > > > > > > NVida on the other hand provides much better Linux support and Wine > > functions much better. > > > > I would suggest, if at all possible, using the NVida card if you still > > have it. > > Thanks for the information, I wasn't aware of that. I can't use my old > NVIDIA card because it's for AGP slots, which my current motherboard > lacks. I'll try the new Intel driver and cross my fingers. > While I was installing ArchLinux (which includes the latest Intel video driver) and reading its documentation, I found out I'd rather install the web/core/ms fonts. Eureka! I went back to Ubuntu, installed the corresponding package, and now the Windows applications are working fine! Thank you all for helping me try to figure this out.
