Wine is a software compatibility layer that allows Windows programs to be run on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.
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Measure FPS of the game
I'd like to find analogue of Fraps or any other fps counter on Ubuntu 12.10.
After some googling I found 2 solutions:
1) To use Mumble (I found it from this discussion). This solution didn't work ...
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Can Wine and its programs be set to use Ubuntu file manager instead of Wine Explorer?
When browsing directories in a Windows program installed in Wine - like when opening a folder in Foobar2000 - Wine always opens the Wine explorer.
Is it possible to set Wine to open an Ubuntu ...
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How to resolve an error in WINE relating to .NET 2.0?
I'm trying to install both Neuroprogrammer 2 and 3 in WINE.
At first I got the error:
Please set registry key HKLM\software\microsoft.NETFramework\installroot to point to the .Net Framework install ...
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Graphics in wine are behind by one update
As the title says, graphics objects (in particular 3D graphics, but not exclusively) are displaying one update behind. I first noticed the problem when using google sketchup together with sketchy ...
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Wine foobar2000 multimedia hotkey keybindings
I've recently moved to Ubuntu from Windows, and the very only thing I couldn't find an acceptable replacement to was foobar2000. While there are plenty of awesome audio players around in the ubuntu ...
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How can I properly add PlayOnLinux programs to the Unity Launcher?
I have a PlayOnLinux app (Evernote) that runs great, but I would like to pin it to the Unity launcher. I already have a shortcut in the Dash and I can pin that to the Launcher, but then running it ...
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Wine won't configure!
I finally installed Wine (the program to run exe files) and it took a very long time to install.
Now, I have a package configuration window that is pink and looks like this .
I don't know what ...
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How to make a wine shortcut for an .application file
I have a windows app that uses the .application extension. I can open it in Thunar by double clicking it, or R-Click and open with rundll32. I want to create a .desktop shortcut to open this so I can ...
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PES 2013 via Wine on Ubuntu 12.10
I've finally got the game to work on Ubuntu. The thing is it's slow.
This game is the only thing keeping me from totally moving from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10
I would like to get rid of Windows 8 by ...
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How do I change screen resolution in Dosbox through Wine?
My old DOS game (Tomb Raider I) installs and then runs fine with Wine by making use of Dosbox. Everything works (keys, audio, full screen) but I am unable to adjust the resulting screen resolution.
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How do I do set /a on Wine CMD?
How do I use the set /a command on the Wine version of CMD?
This doesn't work for me on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
set /a option=1+1
echo %option%
On a Windows computer it would output 2 on the screen but ...
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How to get Nexus Mod Manager working on Wine?
I'm trying to get Nexus Mod Manager (Beta yet) working on wine, but after the configuration of NMM it crashes with an error.
During the startup it spams a lot of terminal stuff and at the end I find ...
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Netflix Custom Wine usable with other programs?
I noticed that the WINE installed to run the Netflix app found here installs a custom WINE along with the full Mono and possibly .NET . I have been having chronic problems getting the program Reply ...
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Steam (using wine) starting civ 5 on the wrong screen
I have my left screen set as primary screen in ubuntu (unity) and most things just do what they are supposed to do when they are fullscreen. They run on my primary screen.
But for some reason when I ...
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Is it possible to adjust the lfHeight and lfWidth of Arial in Wine?
I have a text scaling problem for the Arial true type font in Wine 1.5.17. I have narrowed it down to the values lfHeight and lfWidth returned by EnumFonts.
I'm getting lfHeight = 100 and lfWidth = ...
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Error while installing wine
While trying to install wine on my computer, I got the following error:
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... ...
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How to use custom fonts for a Wine application?
My windows application needs specialized fonts. The fonts ship with the application so I don't need to download any extra fonts. When I installed the application it automatically installed the fonts ...
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Run a wine application fullscreen on a single monitor from dual-monitor setup
I have a dual-monitor system, running Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3 desktop. I want to run a fullscreen wine application on one monitor (I'll call it "secondary"), while another ("primary") will not be ...
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How to fix wine apps that have a white background in unity tray
Many Wine apps and also some Java apps like Evernote or JDownloader appears in Unity tray with an annoying white background.
Is there a way to solve this issue?
Here is a screenshot about it:
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Wine claims Nvidia OpenGL Drivers not installed correctly?
It seems like wine doesn't see the Nvidia propretary drivers properly.
When I try to launch wine ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/dxdiag.exe, Dxdiag crashes immediately. It says it has problems with ...
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Wine Codec install problems
I'm trying to follow this tutorial( Required plugin could not be found ), and I stopped on installing codec on wine.
I try to launch in wine the g2m_codec.exe and get this error:
Extractor error ...
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Wine shows its applications three times in the 'Open with' dialog
Today I noticed that wine is listing its applications many times when I go to the 'Open with other application...' dialog.
It is very strange.
Where are these symbolic links stored which are shown in ...
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nintendo 64 emulation, confused with mupen 64pluse/m64py, project 64 freezes
I'm in a huge pickle. I'm trying to help a friend to whom I installed Linux for. He is happy with it since he gave up that old xp. but the problem now that we are both faced with is playing our 64 ...
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PS3 SixAxis Controller with Wine
I have my PS3 Sixaxis connect to my Ubuntu 13.04 machine using the SixAd driver. I have tested it with JSTest-GTK and see that all the buttons/separate axes are working. However, under Wine, a lot of ...
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wine doesn't show persian(or arabic) words
I installed Winehq but when I open a program which has Persian(or Arabic) words it doesn't shows the words and shows square instead of words!
what I have to do?
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How to get Pearson eText to work on Ubuntu? (13.04)
Upon upgrading, I am having trouble getting Pearson eTextbooks to display on Ubuntu 13.04. When trying to access the web textbook on ubuntu Firefox, it gives "Error #2046".
If I try using wine, it ...
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Problems with System icompatibility with sXe Injected
After Steam was released in Linux systems, i've downloaded counter-strike 1.6 to play with some of my friends, but the marjority of the servers are protected with sxe injected. So ive downloaded and ...
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How to get teamviwer voip work
i'm using ubuntu 12.10 and teamviewer8 ,
it's work perfect with remote controlling stuff , but when i want to use its Voip with meeting it said to me : please connect a microphone and please connect ...
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How to get 'AutoTap' working on Ubuntu?
I've been trying to get AutoTap for Windows v.3.1 working with Ubuntu 12.04 and Wine. It seems to install OK, but when I start AutoTap it tells me that there are no USB ports available. There is 1 of ...
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“Dead” shortcuts in Installed Application lens
I installed some programs using Wine, so I could get the hang of how Wine works, I then uninstalled the programs, but I now have "dead" generic "toolbox" icons left in the Installed Applications lens. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 just Killed Wine & ZSNES
My system just did a partial upgrade. I was busy doing something else so just let it get on with things.
Now it has removed Wine and ZSNES and won't allow me to reinstall them! Is there a way to ...
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How Do I Get Rid of “Broken NVIDIA RandR detected, falling back to RandR 1.0”?
My short question is:
How do I get rid of the RandR error below, while still using a proprietaty nVidia driver package (e.g. 304) ?
The gore follows.
A fresh install of wine 1.5 (latest, from ...
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Why internet explorer 6 trying to save all webpages?
I have successfully installed IE 6 using playonlinux, but I'm unable to browse any site. when I'm entering any address in the address bar, following message is pops up
You are downloading the ...
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How do I install python in wine? I keep getting an error
Please help! I've been searching google, forums, and have yet to find a solution.
Here is the output from my terminal:
2013-02-25 12:57:05 (1.01 MB/s) - `pywin32-214.win32-py2.6.exe' saved ...
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installation of matlab using wine
I have installed WINE and I have .exe file of matlab.When I tried to open setup.exe file of matlab with wine program loader,it does nothing.But I was able to open notepad.exe.
I really want to know ...
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Wine not working 12.10 64bit
I just got a new computer and installed 64bit Ubuntu for the first time.
Things were going well but I cannot run any exe files (32bit).
All I get is a little loading circle then nothing.
Here is ...
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High Cache and slow Fallout 3 (wine) on Ubuntu 64bit 12.10
My Setup:
Sony Vaio VGN-FW11E with Radeon HD 3470 (tech spec)
3 GB RAM
Ubuntu 12.10 64bit
The Problem:
After a few minutes of gameplay the game is going down in speed to very slow. After quitting ...
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How does one provide sudo file read access privileges to a Wine application?
In accordance with best practices I desire not to run Wine as root, http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ I see plenty of examples for use of setcap for networking, but not so much for file read access.
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How do I get winetricks dotnet20 to work on Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 with wine 1.4?
I followed the question about installing dotnetfx.exe (NET 2.0) for wine by using winetricks dotnet20 which, because i have ubuntu 12.10 amd64, downloaded the 64-bit executable instead, which i ...
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problem in installing wine 1.5 in ubuntu12.10
how to install wine1.5 in ubuntu 12.10? I get this error:
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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How can i play Drakensang Online on Ubuntu 12.10?
I play a java-based browser game known as Drakensang Online. I've tried Icedtea and Java runtime as well as using wine to install the launcher. None of these have worked so far. I was using windows 7 ...
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TV doesn't support resolution for video game
I downloaded a game from Steam (run via q4wine) and installed it. When I launch it, the screen turns black and my Samsung LED television says, it doesn't support resolution and I only can exit by ...
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How to install Limbo under wine in Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit edition?
I just bought a new laptop and installed Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit edition on it. I'm trying to play Limbo 1.0.0, but it doesn't start. I installed Directx9 using winecfg, but nothing.
Any help?
My ...
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Wine and system audio mute one another
I'm running into an awkward problem. Here's the thing:
If I start up my computer and run a Wine instance (Guild Wars 2, in this case, though it doesn't and shouldn't matter), sound works fine. While ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Wine Crash Error Help
I'm trying to get wine to work for Hawken. I used winetricks and installed all the necessary components. Wine works fine with other games I have installed but when I try to run Hawken it crashes while ...
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Simulated log of
When I run cs 1.6 Im getting error, when I want to launch the game Im getting error: a simulated log of or shutdown is in process. Can I solve this problem? I think Im getting this error because of ...
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Program removal
I have a seemingly simple problem that's been bugging me for a while now. I have installed wine at some previous point, and I am offered to choose from shortlist, when I right click a suitable ...
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I getting some issues while playing GTA Vice City on Ubuntu 12.10. Can somebody help me?
I Know this isn't a native Ubuntu's software, but I'm trying to run it via Crossover (WINE based application) and I'm getting some issues (P.S. I never got this issue while using Ubuntu 11.04 or ...
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Wine 1.5 audio app not working in Ubuntu 12.04
I have three PC's. Two work well using DirEttore radio automation software via wine 1.5.16, the other one doesn't (the app loads but freezes once loaded) - though it works well with wine 1.4.1, just ...
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How can I install Service Pack 2 and 3 for Office 2007 using PlayonLinux?
I installed the latest version of PlayonLinux using the instructions given on their download page (http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html) for Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin). I followed the ...
