Wow on linux

How I got ubuntu to run wow and Ventrillo and


I installed the operating system. For most graphics cards your going to have a propriety driver to install, did that

updated All my packages (apps) via my package manager

Then I made 1 simple mistake and it ruined my hole experience I downloaded wine from the package manager. Wasn't the up to date version and gave me massive issues via a C++ error that for the life of me was unsolvable.

So
http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

follow those steps to get your Latest and greatest version of wine. Cleared up a lot of problems I had. The beta version is what I used.

You have to run wine config once so it creates the C: directory so be sure you do that.

From the terminal run (usually in accessories on your application bar)

glxinfo | grep rendering
should output

direct rendering: Yes
if it doesn't say that your sol read no more


insert dvd (if your still using cd's your wrong just wrong however at the bottom there is a link to guide you threw that install)

go to your terminal again type the command bellow be aware that I may be different so if you don't notice the change to the drive Path, map out the path of the drive.

sudo mount -o remount, unhide /dev/cdrom

that command should make the .EXE file visible




this command will start your install However you may just want to right click select wine to open file if your not so happy with your terminal at this point.
wine /media/wowdvd/installer.exe

after the installers go nuts for a day and a half you should get to your login screen, it created a WTF file. Exit wow, find the file and open it for editing add this to the bottom of the command list
SET gxApi "opengl"

I had desktop icons appear and what not and am still not able to get that or the menu icon to work correctly However I just take the time to look up the wow.exe file and launch from there.


The second method and now my preferred (as it was on my win7) was just to download the wow installer. Wow installed without a hitch. Follow the instructions for wine and then download the installer find it right click run via wine, and there your go FTW.


Anyone else have any tips? Here are some of the sources I used to compile this not all of them are useful but I think it's always wise to keep things around for refrence.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21723844202&sid=1 


So here is another must do if you plan to do anything in wow with yoru ALT button
go to
system/ preference / window
Change the ALT function to super/windows logo.
made my life a hole lot easier in wow

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