WoW and Zune

xfragbunnyx · Post by **xfragbunnyx** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:40 pm

Since I can't find Microsofts Zune player on the vote list I'll just ask about this here.
I'm new to Ubuntu Linux and the Wine program, and I'm slowly but surely learning more about linux every day. I finally got linux dual booted alongside windows XP to find that Wine has a list of supported programs. Zune isn't one of them, sadly. I like the way that the player works, runs, and looks. If there is a linux media player that is close to the way it works I would gladly use that. I'm using the one that comes with Linux, currently, and I hate how it groups some things. So if anyone is working on Zune for Wine I'd love to know about it. Or if there is a media player that works like the Zune player also, I'd like to know about it.
Secondly, I got WoW running using Wine, but the graphics are alittle messed up. I used the registry tweak for opengl but it didn't do anything to the game. I followed it to a T. My video card isn't fully supported by linux, I think. I get the little icon in the top right of the GUI that has a card and a lock beside it. I have the card enabled with the limited drivers. I have an nvidia geforce 6600. I went to the nvidia website and they have linux drivers for the 6 series, but I couldn't figure out how to install them.
The graphics for the world don't run correctly and the framerate isn't exactly what I would call smooth.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

ulberon · Post by **ulberon** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:47 pm

1) Use envy (since you are using ubuntu) to download / install your graphics drivers:
http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

2) Zune's not supported because .net doesn't work (and I think it also needs windows media player 11 or some other nonsense). I personally used KVM and run windows xp inside linux, and then installed zune into that. Yes, that's complicated (there are some decent guides for using KVM). I think virtual box would also work, or really any virtualization software.

3) Make sure you are using the most up-to-date version of wine and not the one that came with Ubuntu. Follow the guide here:
http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb

xfragbunnyx · Post by **xfragbunnyx** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:56 pm

I'm gonna check that Envy thing out, and yes I apt-got the latest install of wine using superuser commands through the terminal.

So I should check out KVM and see if I can't get that to work? how slow does windows run inside KVM?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:58 pm

xfragbunnyx wrote:I'm gonna check that Envy thing out, and yes I apt-got the latest install of wine using superuser commands through the terminal.

So I should check out KVM and see if I can't get that to work? how slow does windows run inside KVM?

Don't use KVM it's for advanced and experienced users only. Use virtual box/vmplayer instead for virtual machines.

In general - don't buy not Linux compatible hardware (zune being one of them).

xfragbunnyx · Post by **xfragbunnyx** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:26 pm

Alright, I'll check out virtual box than. But I bought my zune when it first came out, back when all I had was windows xp. That was awhile ago. Also, envy keeps giving an error message when I try to install my video drivers. I downloaded legacy for ubuntu and everything, and it tells me my operating system is not supported. So I guess that my card just isn't supported by linux?

ulberon · Post by **ulberon** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:56 am

vitamin wrote:
xfragbunnyx wrote:I'm gonna check that Envy thing out, and yes I apt-got the latest install of wine using superuser commands through the terminal.

So I should check out KVM and see if I can't get that to work? how slow does windows run inside KVM?
Don't use KVM it's for advanced and experienced users only. Use virtual box/vmplayer instead for virtual machines.

In general - don't buy not Linux compatible hardware (zune being one of them).

I bet the OP, like myself, moved from windows to linux...it's the subscription model, it's very liberating.

ulberon · Post by **ulberon** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:58 am

xfragbunnyx wrote:Alright, I'll check out virtual box than. But I bought my zune when it first came out, back when all I had was windows xp. That was awhile ago. Also, envy keeps giving an error message when I try to install my video drivers. I downloaded legacy for ubuntu and everything, and it tells me my operating system is not supported. So I guess that my card just isn't supported by linux?

Which version of ubuntu are you using?

xfragbunnyx · Post by **xfragbunnyx** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:27 am

Yeah, I moved from windows to Ubuntu, and I still dual boot windows xp. I'm using the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, and the latest version of Wine. I always make sure everything I have is up to date.

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:58 pm

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:26 PM, xfragbunnyx <[email protected]>wrote:

Alright, I'll check out virtual box than. But I bought my zune when it
first came out, back when all I had was windows xp. That was awhile ago.
Also, envy keeps giving an error message when I try to install my video
drivers. I downloaded legacy for ubuntu and everything, and it tells me my
operating system is not supported. So I guess that my card just isn't
supported by linux?

The nVidia cards are almost all supported by nvidia's driver...

You might want to try the official Ubuntu instructions as well... (It seem
that envy might install newer drivers though...).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Binar ... wto/Nvidia

It seem that, if you are running Ubuntu 8.04, you need to get EnvyNG, not
legacy if you want to go that route

(I have not used a nVidia card under any distro recently and have not tried
Ubuntu yet...)

Gert
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ichundu · Post by **ichundu** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:30 pm

xfragbunnyx wrote:Alright, I'll check out virtual box than. But I bought my zune when it first came out, back when all I had was windows xp. That was awhile ago. Also, envy keeps giving an error message when I try to install my video drivers. I downloaded legacy for ubuntu and everything, and it tells me my operating system is not supported. So I guess that my card just isn't supported by linux?

xfragbunnyx, you said you downloaded Envy Legacy, but if you take a look here http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html you'll see that the right version of Envy for the latest ubuntu (8.04, the Hardy Heron) is not Envy Legacy but Envy NG so try to uninstall it and then install envy ng.

hope this helps !

David Gerard · Post by **David Gerard** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:40 pm

2008/9/3 xfragbunnyx <[email protected]>:

Alright, I'll check out virtual box than. But I bought my zune when it first came out, back when all I had was windows xp. That was awhile ago. Also, envy keeps giving an error message when I try to install my video drivers. I downloaded legacy for ubuntu and everything, and it tells me my operating system is not supported. So I guess that my card just isn't supported by linux?

One note - VirtualBox is currently broken in Ubuntu Hardy - and has
been for weeks - because they keep forgetting to approve the updated
VirtualBox kernel module. (It's sitting waiting to go into Hardy
Proposed.) This happens *every release* of the kernel, because whoever
updates the kernel can't be bothered telling whoever updates
VirtualBox, and the kernel modules get lost in Ubuntu bureaucracy.
Meanwhile, none of your virtual machines work and no-one who both
gives a hoot and can fix the problem can be found.

- d.