[GRLUG] WINE and Elder Scrolls

[Steve Romanow]

Let me know what you think of Skyrim.  I logged a few hours but couldnt get
into it.

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Collin Kidder <collink at kkmfg.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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