WineVDM crash on CDROM speed test...

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:04 pm

I'm trying to install Lords of The Realm II and while it doesn't affect whether or not you ca install the game, I have encountered two crashes if you allow the installer to test your system. The crashes occur when testing CDROM speed and when checking processor speed.

CDROM speed test error:
Moderator: removed unreadable logs. Use pastebins instead!

OS check and CPU speed test:

All of the other tests pass with flying colors. I merely wanted to report these two bugs so that they may get a fix in the future.

*EDIT*

Upon completing the installation of files, I get a dialog that is titled "System Error" with the message "DdeConnect returned 400A". This is followed by another message stating that setup couldn't create a program group for Sierra. After that, another three 400A dialogs. Next, I get a message saying that setup couldn't add an install/uninstall item. This is followed by two more 400A dialogs. After that, it's a message about not being able to create an item for the Sierra update group. Then there are two more 400A dialogs and a message saying that setup couldn't add an item for the Lords of The Realm II group. After that, two more 400A's and a message about not being able to add an item for setup and uninstall. Two more 400A's and it can't add an item for the demos. Two more 400A's after that and it couldn't add an item for installing DirectX3.

Finally, I get an error about WinExec of Setup32.exe failing. The entire time however, the WineVDM window didn't display a single error.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:07 pm

Report bugs to http://bugs.winehq.org/

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-Austin

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:39 pm

Sephiroth wrote:Upon completing the installation of files, I get a dialog that is titled "System Error" with the message "DdeConnect returned 400A".

This part is not implemented in Wine for a while. However it shouldn't be a fatal error.

Looks like this is really really old game. You might have much better luck copying files from win installation instead of installing it on Wine.

austin987 wrote:Report bugs to http://bugs.winehq.org/

Why create dup? http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9159

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:53 pm

Well after installing, the game won't play. It doesn't seem to "see" the CDROM. It is mounted and all, and Wine sets it up as D:, and the config file for LoTR2 is setup as D, but no go. AppDB says it is gold, but the fact is, you cannot play single player without the CD unless you have a cracked copy. I am assuming that whatever CD protection is used in this game isn't working well with Wine.

To whatever moderator that didn't like the formatting: I simply copied and pasted all text directly from the WineVDM window. I didn't go in and correct it because I assumed that's how the devs would find it useful. I won't file a duplicate report however.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:59 pm

Sephiroth wrote:

Well after installing, the game won't play. It doesn't seem to "see" the CDROM. It is mounted and all, and Wine sets it up as D:, and the config file for LoTR2 is setup as D, but no go. AppDB says it is gold, but the fact is, you cannot play single player without the CD unless you have a cracked copy. I am assuming that whatever CD protection is used in this game isn't working well with Wine.

Please check the how-to for this game and see if a crack was needed so
that the CD could be read from Wine.

Thank you for not filing a duplicate report, but please VOTE on the
issue and add a comment that the problem still exists.

James McKenzie

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:04 pm

After rebooting it now sees the CDROM and attempts to load the intro movie but instantly crashes with the following information. Apparently this is a video issue.

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~$ wine "C:\Games\Sierra\Lords2\LORDS2.EXE"
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f538,0x00000000)
fixme:d3d:test_pbo_functionality >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALI
 @ directx.c / 3882
fixme:xrandr:X11DRV_XRandR_SetCurrentMode Cannot change scre
fixme:dsalsa:IDsDriverBufferImpl_SetVolumePan (0x136d60,0x13                                                                8620): stub

Should this be reported as a bug? Remember, this game uses DX3, so I am assuming that older DX support may be my problem. If I eject the CDROM I can get to the main menu, but I cannot play due to not having the CDROM.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:33 am

Sephiroth wrote:fixme:xrandr:X11DRV_XRandR_SetCurrentMode Cannot change scre

This usually means you don't have required resolution configured in xorg.conf.

With this being an old game I wouldn't surprise it's looking for something small like 640x480 and smaller.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:16 am

I don't have anything in Xorg.conf as far as resolutions go. Debian Lenny auto-detects that stuff at startup, and so far it has always worked. If I go into my desktop properties, I can change to 640x480, which is what the game runs in. Would setting up a virtual desktop possibly solve this issue?

*EDIT*

After setting a virtual desktop to 640x480 I figured out what the problem most likely is. It can't change to 8bit color.

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~$ wine "C:\Games\Sierra\Lords2\LORDS2.EXE"
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f538,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:test_pbo_functionality >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_OPERATION (0x502) from Loading the PBO test texture
 @ directx.c / 3882
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_desktop_SetCurrentMode Cannot change screen BPP from 32 to 8
fixme:dsalsa:IDsDriverBufferImpl_SetVolumePan (0x136c48,0x138508): stub

That's the full error which shows up when using a virtual desktop.