JUST A COUPLE OF NUBBY QUESTIONS BETWEEN ME AND FREEDOM

jpearls · Post by **jpearls** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:38 pm

1. What does ~ mean? cd ie. "~/.wine/drive_c/"

2. Steam runs. Hurray. But I can't chat with friends. I can see their messages, but not mine. I assume they never get them because they never say anything more.

3. I launch TF2, I get the valve logo, source logo, then BAM back to desktop. No error boxes. And my screen resolution stays "minimized" to what tf2 was launched at.

I mean try to running the game via terminal and seeing if it will me anything there.

4. I can't get utorrent to launch from links in firefox; everything else about both programs works perfectly. I've tried three scripts:

#!/bin/sh

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/utorrent
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
var="`echo $1 | sed 's/\//\\\/g'`"
var="Z:${var}"
wine utorrent.exe "$var"
else
wine utorrent.exe
fi

#!/bin/sh
cd ~/
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
var="`echo $1 | sed ’s////g'`"
var="Z:${var}"
wine .utorrent "$var"
else
wine.utorrent
fi

#!/bin/sh
wine /path/to/utorrent.exe "$*"

uTorrent's home: /home/earls/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/utorrent

So?

5. Is there a program or website that will verify you have the latest drivers? Is that something built into ubuntu?

Morten Kleven · Post by **Morten Kleven** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:46 pm

~ means your home dir

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Paul Johnson · Post by **Paul Johnson** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:23 pm

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 14:38 -0500, jpearls wrote:

1. What does ~ mean? cd ie. "~/.wine/drive_c/"

~ is your home directory, probably something like "/home/jpearls"

2. Steam runs. Hurray. But I can't chat with friends. I can see
their messages, but not mine. I assume they never get them because
they never say anything more.

I've noticed Steam chat is somewhat hit or miss even in Windows. I
can't quite put my finger on it, but it also happens to my Windows-using
friends. We just use XMPP instead for chat even when we're all logged
into Steam.

3. I launch TF2, I get the valve logo, source logo, then BAM back to
desktop. No error boxes. And my screen resolution stays "minimized"
to what tf2 was launched at.

It sounds like you may not have followed instructions, then. Take
another look and see if you can find what you're doing wrong.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=9901

4. I can't get utorrent to launch from links in firefox; everything
else about both programs works perfectly. I've tried three scripts:

[...]

So?

You might try starting off at the AppDB with this one, too.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=6824

Though I strongly suggest looking at native BitTorrent clients, as
there's a considerable number of quality BitTorrent clients already
available on Linux.

5. Is there a program or website that will verify you have the latest
drivers? Is that something built into ubuntu?

Which drivers? For most drivers, they're already included with the
Linux kernel and they're kept up to date for you as long as you're
tracking a relatively recent stable kernel version.

--
Paul Johnson
[email protected]
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Usurp · Post by **Usurp** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:39 pm

jpearls wrote: 4. I can't get utorrent to launch from links in firefox; everything else about both programs works perfectly. I've tried three scripts:

No need to use sed here,
winepath is intended for that.

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/utorrent
wine utorrent.exe $(winepath -w "$1")

jpearls · Post by **jpearls** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:27 pm

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Sort of solved. How do I know I have the latest and greatest drivers for my hardware?

Toni Ascó · Post by **Toni Ascó** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:36 pm

Hi jpearls,
As Paul Johnson said, most of the drivers come with the kernel, so if you
keep your kernel up to date you will have the latest drivers.
If you're asking for video drivers, then is another issue:
- In ubuntu (dunno if it's something more general, like "in gnome"),
nvidia/ati drivers are updated automagically (using System->hardware
drivers)
Otherwise i think you could download them from hardware vendor's web site
mmmm downloading drivers... when was the last time i did that? it sounds
so.. windowish

Hope this helps,

Toni

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:27 AM, jpearls <[email protected]> wrote:

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Sort of solved. How do I know I have the latest and greatest drivers for
my hardware?

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jpearls · Post by **jpearls** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:39 am

Thanks.

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Solved

Nobody has a clue on this TF2 thing, eh? I was under the impression with the popularity of the game, the platinum rating and/or gold on Wine and all the guides meant that it *might* actually work.

However, despite my attempts of diagnosising the situation, I'm at a loss.

I have the latest UbuntuAmd64 Stable.
I have the latest Wine Stable.
I have the latest drivers for my hardware. (according to the consensus)

I've run the game through a shortcut, through steam, and through terminal.

I've used the typical launch parameters recommended.

Are there logs somewhere I'm missing that would assist?

For what it's worth: AMD 64 3000+, 1GB RAM, ATI Raedon 9800

If at least no one knows here, is there a more comprehensive "get tf2 working on wine and unbuntu" venue? I've also tried Ubuntu forms to no avail.

Any help is appreciated, gaming is literally the only thing keeping me on Windows.

This is really Valve's responsibility. Doom 3 might have sucked but id still has a far better open policy. Guess I'll just go have to play Quake Wars, any good?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:55 am

jpearls wrote:Thanks.

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Solved

Did you read the AppDB and did everything HOWTO told you to do?

Post by **dimesio** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:07 am

jpearls wrote:
Nobody has a clue on this TF2 thing, eh? I was under the impression with the popularity of the game, the platinum rating and/or gold on Wine and all the guides meant that it *might* actually work.

I'm not a gamer and my expertise in troubleshooting games is pretty limited, but since no one else seems to have mentioned this--are you using Compiz? If so, try disabling it, because it does conflict with Wine. Also, ATI drivers in general are known to have problems with Wine. Finally, you haven't provided enough information for anyone to offer more than general advice--post console output from trying to run the game.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:31 am

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:39 AM, jpearls <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks.

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Solved

2:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9771

3:
http://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?quic ... fortress+2

I have the latest UbuntuAmd64 Stable.

Why are you using 64 bit? Most people would be better off using 32bit.
The difference in speed is negligible for most tasks, but the
reduction in headaches and problems is significant.

Paul Johnson · Post by **Paul Johnson** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:05 pm

On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 08:39 -0500, jpearls wrote:

Thanks.

1. Solved
2. Unsolved
3. Unsolved
4. Solved
5. Solved

Nobody has a clue on this TF2 thing, eh? I was under the impression with the popularity of the game, the platinum rating and/or gold on Wine and all the guides meant that it *might* actually work.

However, despite my attempts of diagnosising the situation, I'm at a loss.

I have the latest UbuntuAmd64 Stable.

Version number/name. It doesn't suffice to say "the latest."

I have the latest Wine Stable.

Version numbers, please. Your idea of "the latest" might not
necessarily jive for reality, version numbers ensure everyone is on the
same page.

If at least no one knows here, is there a more comprehensive "get tf2
working on wine and unbuntu" venue? I've also tried Ubuntu forms to
no avail.

TF2 really either just works or it doesn't. If you followed the
instructions in the AppDB for installing Steam and TF2, it should just
work. Failing that, I wonder if you really have the right video drivers
installed. One thing that would help tell is the output of

$ glxinfo | grep rendering

Any help is appreciated, gaming is literally the only thing keeping me
on Windows.

I wouldn't keep that from stopping you from trying out the unix world's
selection of games until you get it working.

This is really Valve's responsibility. Doom 3 might have sucked but
id still has a far better open policy.

While it's true that id has a more open policy than Valve, I'm not sure
Doom 3 sucked at what it was trying to be. The Doom franchise is id's
Fantasia. It isn't so much about the storyline (yes, it's cheesy) as it
is about the eye candy.

--
Paul Johnson
[email protected]
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