Running Modern Warfare 2 on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty.

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My hardware is Intel Core i7 4GB ram, Nvidea GeForce 310m graphics card. I installed my graphics drivers in Ubuntu 11.04 using the recommended techniques. My video drivers are noted as experimental however all features and 3D support is working in Ubuntu 11.04 gnome environment. I did not use the .run file downloadable from the Nvidea website. I have read the sticky about no sound. I have no sound right now. Modern Warfare 2 craps out with a "Direct X has encountered an error". If I can get this working in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty I will no longer have to boot into Windows 7 for anything. It is like the holy grail for me of Linux computing. Does anyone know why I am getting a "Direct X has encountered an error" dialog?

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My hardware is Intel Core i7 4GB ram, Nvidea GeForce 310m graphics card. I installed my graphics drivers in Ubuntu 11.04 using the recommended techniques. My video drivers are noted as experimental however all features and 3D support is working in Ubuntu 11.04 gnome environment. I did not use the .run file downloadable from the Nvidea website. I have read the sticky about no sound. I have no sound right now. Modern Warfare 2 craps out with a "Direct X has encountered an error". If I can get this working in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty I will no longer have to boot into Windows 7 for anything. It is like the holy grail for me of Linux computing. Does anyone know why I am getting a "Direct X has encountered an error" dialog?

From your description it sounds like you're using the Nouveau driver; you need to install the proprietary Nvidia driver. Open source drivers are not adequate to run 3D games in Wine. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-a96989f ... 7f6bcfd16f

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I spent quite a few hours installing the proprietary drivers for my 310m from NVIDIA's website. They are working now. I have sound now. As before I can view the main menu of the game but when I go to enter a match the system craps out with a dialog box. I am unable to get to the dialog box to read what it is saying. My wine version is 1.3 beta on Ubuntu 11.04. Has anyone experienced the same issue with MW2? I feel like I must be really close to cracking this case. I have over twelve hours invested in this configuration.