this is what I see when I execute wow.exe from a gnome terminal. I get the same whether I use -opengl or not. htpc@htpc-System-Product-Name:~$ wine "C:\\Program Files\\World of Warcraft\\WoW.exe" -opengl fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (3000): STUB fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT 3000 archive Data\enUS\base-enUS.MPQ opened Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data/Cache/SoundCache-3.MPQ" archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-3.MPQ opened for writing Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data/Cache/SoundCache-2.MPQ" archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-2.MPQ opened for writing Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data/Cache/SoundCache-1.MPQ" archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-1.MPQ opened for writing archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-0.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-enUS.MPQ opened archive Data/wow-update-13164.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/patch-enUS-13164.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/patch-base-13164.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-patch-enUS-13164.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-patch-13164.MPQ opened archive Data/wow-update-13205.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/patch-enUS-13205.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/patch-base-13205.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-patch-enUS-13205.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-patch-13205.MPQ opened archive Data/wow-update-13287.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/patch-enUS-13287.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/patch-base-13287.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-patch-enUS-13287.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-patch-13287.MPQ opened archive Data/wow-update-13329.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/patch-enUS-13329.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/patch-base-13329.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-patch-enUS-13329.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-patch-13329.MPQ opened archive Data/wow-update-13596.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/patch-enUS-13596.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/patch-base-13596.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-patch-enUS-13596.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-patch-13596.MPQ opened archive Data/wow-update-13623.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/patch-enUS-13623.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/patch-base-13623.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/enUS/SoundCache-patch-enUS-13623.MPQ opened archive Data/Cache/SoundCache-patch-13623.MPQ opened archive Data\art.MPQ opened archive Data\world.MPQ opened archive Data\sound.MPQ opened archive Data\enUS\locale-enUS.MPQ opened archive Data\enUS\speech-enUS.MPQ opened fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ed7c,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ea48,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ef28,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f198,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ee64,0x00000000), stub! bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server socket jack server is not running or cannot be started bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server socket jack server is not running or cannot be started bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server socket jack server is not running or cannot be started