Struggling to install Call of Duty 4

Minyaloth · Post by **Minyaloth** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:24 am

I have just installed Call of Duty 4 in Wine on Ubuntu 7.10 and that went fine but during installation of DirectX it said, "An internal system error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your windows folder to determine problem." And that the installation had failed.

Then When I try to run the game, it says, "Error during initialization: Video card or driver doesn't support enough textures for the DirectX 9 code path"

Please tell me what is wrong and how to fix it.

I am using Wine 1.0.

Thanks,

chourmovs · Post by **chourmovs** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:06 am

try with wine 1.1.5 (at least 1.1.4)

2008/9/23 Minyaloth <[email protected]>:

I have just installed Call of Duty 4 in Wine on Ubuntu 7.10 and that went fine but during installation of DirectX it said, "An internal system error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your windows folder to determine problem." And that the installation had failed.

Then When I try to run the game, it says, "Error during initialization: Video card or driver doesn't support enough textures for the DirectX 9 code path"

Please tell me what is wrong and how to fix it.

I am using Wine 1.0.

Thanks,

Minyaloth · Post by **Minyaloth** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:37 am

thanks, will do. Just one more thing, i'm new to linux, i'm 4 days in. Could u pls explain how exactly i would upgrade my wine. When i try do it from the add / remove programs list i get some strange error about missing dependencies or something. Could u maybe send me a link that i could just click on to upgrade it? Thanks

James Huk · Post by **James Huk** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:41 am

2008/9/23 Minyaloth <[email protected]>

thanks, will do. Just one more thing, i'm new to linux, i'm 4 days in.
Could u pls explain how exactly i would upgrade my wine. When i try do it
from the add / remove programs list i get some strange error about missing
dependencies or something. Could u maybe send me a link that i could just
click on to upgrade it? Thanks

If you have good repos then try this in console:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

this will update packages list and upgrade all packages.... but from what I
see here:

http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/index.html

newest package for Ubuntu 7.10 is wine_1.0.0 so you should either update
your system... or you may try my packages from wine.x.pl - they are compiled
for Debian Etch - but I think they will work with your system as well:

1.Download wine of your choice from here:

http://wine.x.pl/download_e.html

2.Then eiter double click on it or try this i terminal:

sudo dpkg -i name_of_package.deb

If you will have problems try removing exiting wine first:

sudo apt-get remove wine

and then install my wine again.
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TonyPursell · Post by **TonyPursell** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:06 am

You can enable automatic updates from the http://wine.budgetdedicated.com repository. The best way to do this is by going to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager then Settings > Repositories then Select the Third Party Software tab and click Add. Enter

deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt gutsy main

and Add Source

Just two problems. As mentioned, the latest version for Gutsy (7.10) is probably only Wine1.0.0. Also, update manager will complain that Wine is Not Authenticated. There is a way to download the authentication key - I did it once a while ago and have forgotten the way. Perhaps someone else can help you with that.

Tony

Minyaloth · Post by **Minyaloth** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:31 pm

Thanks so much for the help. I downloaded the latest one for debian etch and it worked perfectly. Only problem is the game runs a little slow but i did expect that. Is it possible to create a paging file in linux as one can in windows to increase my virtual memory and hopefully improve performance?

Chris MacKay · Post by **Chris MacKay** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:34 pm

There is no paging file in Linux, but when your system was installed there should have been created a "swap" partition which functions similarly to a paging file, but is actually much faster, since the partition format is specifically designed for "paging" as opposed to regular file manipulation. (/incrediblyakwwardrun-onsentence

Chris.

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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:31:21 -0500
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Subject: [Wine] Re: Struggling to install Call of Duty 4

Thanks so much for the help. I downloaded the latest one for debian etch and it worked perfectly. Only problem is the game runs a little slow but i did expect that. Is it possible to create a paging file in linux as one can in windows to increase my virtual memory and hopefully improve performance?

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Minyaloth · Post by **Minyaloth** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:31 pm

Thanks to everyone who helped me. I'm a fully converted linux addict now. I can't imagine getting such quick and useful help from any proprietary software company.