On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM, originalladders <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > There are two distinct problems here and should be two threads: Issue #1: > I had previously installed an MMORPG (Champions Online) and Internet Explorer 8 on Ubuntu 11.04 using Wine 1.2 and > they both worked fine. When I upgraded to 11.10 I lost sound in the game and when I checked it had been upgraded to 1.3, > so I switched back to 1.2 and the problem was resolved. > This is what the project refers to as a regression. I will not assume that this is available for free and have not looked at the Applications Database, but suggest you do so. Issue #2: > I recently changed to Xubuntu 11.10 (being unable to move the Unity launcher bar was incredibly annoying), under the > impression that with the exception of the dsktop environment that Xubuntu is exactly the same as Ubuntu. > > Now neither work, Internet Explorer will open but will be forced to close due to an error within second, and the game's > launcher opens to white screen with "Loading, please wait... on it and stays like that. This may have several causes. Can you run either program from a terminal session and advise of any errors you receive. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal has helpful hints. The main hint to remember is to change to the directory the program is installed to and run the executible from that location. James
