Impulse fails to start

[tylerbraun]

So I tried to run Impulse on my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop and it installed fine (or at least seemed to). When I tried to run it I got the working cursor for a bit then nothing. I ran it in terminal and got a error message about running the Windows version of Mono so I went online and did a search for the error message and found a file called mono-2.4.2.3-gtksharp-2.12.9-win32-3.exe and ran it. The error message went away, but Impulse still won't load so I ran winedbg Impulse.exe instead and got this:



WineDbg starting on pid 0019
First chance exception: page fault on write access to 0x00360000 in 32-bit code (0x685bf54b).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:685bf54b ESP:0033f820 EBP:0033f898 EFLAGS:00010a02( R- --O I - - - )
EAX:80808081 EBX:6865fff4 ECX:00000000 EDX:00000067
ESI:000000ac EDI:00360000
Stack dump:
0x0033f820: 0000031c 00000000 00000000 00000010
0x0033f830: 00000010 00000000 00000000 00000010
0x0033f840: 00000010 68471d9c 00134788 00000000
0x0033f850: 00cc0020 00000000 00330001 6c4e0001
0x0033f860: 0033f878 0000031c 00134ff8 00000328
0x0033f870: 00000000 00000000 00000010 00000010
Backtrace:
=>0 0x685bf54b in user32 (+0x1f54b) (0x0033f898)
1 0x685bfd38 in user32 (+0x1fd37) (0x0033f918)
2 0x685bfe8c in user32 (+0x1fe8b) (0x0033f968)
3 0x685c0298 CreateIconFromResourceEx+0xd7() in user32 (0x0033f9b8)
4 0x685c06a3 in user32 (+0x206a2) (0x0033fa88)
5 0x685c2948 LoadImageW+0x1b7() in user32 (0x0033fb98)
6 0x685c3476 LoadImageA+0x1a5() in user32 (0x0033fc88)
7 0x683895c6 SIC_Initialize+0x1b5() in shell32 (0x0033fcd8)
8 0x68395602 in shell32 (+0x35601) (0x0033fd18)
9 0x7bc49275 call_dll_entry_point+0x14() in ntdll (0x0033fd38)
10 0x7bc4bee7 in ntdll (+0x3bee6) (0x0033fe78)
11 0x7bc4c298 in ntdll (+0x3c297) (0x0033fed8)
12 0x7bc4c26a in ntdll (+0x3c269) (0x0033ff38)
13 0x7bc4c26a in ntdll (+0x3c269) (0x0033ff98)
14 0x7bc4c4a3 in ntdll (+0x3c4a2) (0x0033ffe8)
0x685bf54b: movb %dl,0x0(%edi,%ecx,4)



I was also told just now that I should be running the command "mono Impulse.exe" instead of "wine Impulse.exe" but that didn't work either. I just got this:



** (Impulse.exe:6763): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /home/tyler/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Impulse/Impulse.exe could not be loaded:
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (assemblyref_index=1)
Version: 2.0.0.0
Public Key: b77a5c561934e089
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/home/tyler/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Impulse/).


** (Impulse.exe:6763): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies.

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Stardock.Central.Client.Program' from assembly 'Impulse, Version=3.30.4164.19374, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.



I'm not experienced or trained enough to read either of those. Does anybody know what they mean and/or how to fix it?

[jjmckenzie]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:12 AM, tylerbraun <[email protected]> wrote:

So I tried to run Impulse on my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop and it installed fine (or at least seemed to). When I tried to run it I got
the working cursor for a bit then nothing. I ran it in terminal and got a error message about running the Windows version of
Mono so I went online and did a search for the error message and found a file called mono-2.4.2.3-gtksharp-2.12.9-win32->3.exe and ran it. The error message went away, but Impulse still won't load so I ran winedbg Impulse.exe instead and got
this:

You should try using winetricks (http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks) to
install Mono in Wine. This should be done to a new, clean wineprefix.

FWIW: The Applications Database has this game rated as Garbage with Wine 1.3.18.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=7573

James

[tylerbraun]

You should try using winetricks (http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks) to
install Mono in Wine. This should be done to a new, clean wineprefix.

I tried this. I used winetricks to delete all... and then found mono in the winetricks menus and installed it that way then reinstalled Impulse. I still got the same result though. Thanks for trying. You did get me introduced to WineTricks which I like.

FWIW: The Applications Database has this game rated as Garbage with Wine 1.3.18.

I did notice this, but want to see if anyone out there can figure it out before I give up. I already own games through Impulse and am not going to rebuy them or go without so until they work in Wine I will just keep playing them in Windows (though I'd rather not). Thanks again for trying.

[jjmckenzie]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM, tylerbraun <[email protected]> wrote:

jjmckenzie wrote:

You should try using winetricks (http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks) to
install Mono in Wine.  This should be done to a new, clean wineprefix.

I tried this. I used winetricks to delete all... and then found mono in the winetricks menus and installed it that way then reinstalled Impulse. I still got the same result though. Thanks for trying. You did
get me introduced to WineTricks which I like.

The authors like positive feedback. I'm not one of them.

FWIW: The Applications Database has this game rated as Garbage with Wine 1.3.18.

I did notice this, but want to see if anyone out there can figure it out before I give up. I already own games through Impulse and am not going to rebuy them or go without so until they work in Wine I will
just keep playing them in Windows (though I'd rather not). Thanks again for trying.

I'll have to look at the applications database entry to see if there
is a demo of this product. Do you know if there is one available and
if so, does it display the same problems as the full program?

James

[tylerbraun]

FWIW: The Applications Database has this game rated as Garbage with Wine 1.3.18.

I did notice this, but want to see if anyone out there can figure it out before I give up. I already own games through Impulse and am not going to rebuy them or go without so until they work in Wine I will
just keep playing them in Windows (though I'd rather not). Thanks again for trying.

I'll have to look at the applications database entry to see if there
is a demo of this product. Do you know if there is one available and
if so, does it display the same problems as the full program?

James

Unfortunately there wouldn't be. It is an game downloader and installer for an online store, kind of like Steam.

[jjmckenzie]

On 8/4/11 6:47 PM, tylerbraun wrote:

jjmckenzie wrote:

I did notice this, but want to see if anyone out there can figure it out before I give up. I already own games through Impulse and am not going to rebuy them or go without so until they work in Wine I will
just keep playing them in Windows (though I'd rather not). Thanks again for trying.

I'll have to look at the applications database entry to see if there
is a demo of this product. Do you know if there is one available and
if so, does it display the same problems as the full program?

James

Unfortunately there wouldn't be. It is an game downloader and installer for an online store, kind of like Steam.

So, if I go out to the 'store' I should be able to get this program for
free, right?

James

[tylerbraun]

I'll have to look at the applications database entry to see if there
is a demo of this product. Do you know if there is one available and
if so, does it display the same problems as the full program?

James

Unfortunately there wouldn't be. It is an game downloader and installer for an online store, kind of like Steam.

So, if I go out to the 'store' I should be able to get this program for
free, right?

James

Yeah. It's at http://www.impulsedriven.com/ on the right where it says "Get Impulse".