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srikanthradix

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Registered: 2010-10-19

Posts: 35

When trying to install .exe games with wine, it is giving error.

I downloaded demo games from cnet and when trying to install these games, it is saying "Unable to initialize installer GUI". Please suggest.

[ ~]$ pacman -Ss wine
community/winefish 1.3.3-9
    LaTeX editor based on Bluefish with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
community/winegame 0.2.0-1
    An interface to install windows programs in Wine
community/winestuff 0.2.0-1
    Library utility for winegame
community/winetricks 20110629-1
    Script to install various redistributable runtime libraries in Wine.
multilib/q4wine 0.121-2
    A Qt4 GUI for Wine
multilib/wine 1.3.26-1 [installed]
    A compatibility layer for running Windows programs
multilib/wine_gecko 1.2.0-1
    Wine's built-in replacement for Microsoft's Internet Explorer

[ ~]$ uname -a
Linux hana 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 6 16:18:35 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

[ ~]$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b2)
00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
00:0b.0 SATA controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 AHCI Controller (rev b1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M G] (rev b1)

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: When trying to install .exe games with wine, it is giving error.

Not all Windows games work in wine, check http://appdb.winehq.org/ for information concerning the specific apps you're trying to run.

srikanthradix

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Registered: 2010-10-19

Posts: 35

Re: When trying to install .exe games with wine, it is giving error.

How to install old version of wine. It looks like 1.3.26 doesn't support that game. But, old version does.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: When trying to install .exe games with wine, it is giving error.

http://arm.konnichi.com/search/

jgreen1tc

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From: St. Louis

Registered: 2011-05-16

Posts: 251

Re: When trying to install .exe games with wine, it is giving error.

How to install old version of wine. It looks like 1.3.26 doesn't support that game. But, old version does.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages

srikanthradix

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Registered: 2010-10-19

Posts: 35

Re: When trying to install .exe games with wine, it is giving error.

Thanks!

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