[GRLUG] WINE and Elder Scrolls

[Collin Kidder]

> Well...I'm an idiot.  Before I get to that...
>
> PLayOnLinux is a remarkable app.  I love the ability to install multiple
> versions of WINE (32bit & 64bit!) from within the program.  In my very
> limited experience it blows away the commercial CodeWeavers stuff
> (interface, ease of use, etc.).
>
> Back to my idiocy.  I could get the game installed just fine with
> CrossOver and with PlayOnLinux.  It crashed on startup each and every
> time.  In PlayOnLinux I enabled debugging and decided to walk through
> each error message and duckduckgo.com.  The first error message
> complained of not having OpenGL extensions.  Bullocks, I thought.  I'm
> running nVidia's binary stuff.  I found a page where a person with a
> similar problem needed to update a library (something-ia32-something) so
> I quickly did a `dpkg -l *ia32*'.  libgl1-nvidia-glx-ia32 was not
> installed so I installed it.
>
> And the game works just fine.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.  They pushed me in the right direction.

Sweet! I'm sure you used to be an adventurer before you took an arrow to 
the knee. I hope your son has a blast.