LinuxQuestions.org
Help answer threads with 0 replies.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware
User Name
Password
Slackware This Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 08-16-2005, 01:46 AM   #1
bird603568
Member
 
Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: Slackware current
Posts: 250

Rep: Reputation: 30
Starcraft and wine


I dont get it its giving me an error even when i follow the directions, this is that i get:
StarCraft is unable to read required file. Your Starcraft CD may no be in the CDROM drive. Please esnusre that StarCraft disc is in the CDROM drive and press OK. To leave the program, press EXIT.


Any help?
 
Old 08-16-2005, 03:55 AM   #2
NoeticRapture
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: NY
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 25

Rep: Reputation: 15
Wine has always impressed me and I was just playing around, so I haven't done more than load it up and click 'exit' at the menu, but I know for a fact that it's smooth sailing that far because I installed that very prog myself within the past few weeks.
I compile from source, so I can't speak for the packages from linuxpackages, but I can tell you that version 20050725 of Wine compiled without so much as a noticable warning with a -current system, and they've included rudimentary GUI configuration with 'winecfg' now: what I assume is your issue is that you need a symbolic link in your ~/.wine/dosdevices/ directory to wherever you mount your cdrom (/mnt/cdrom usually). Additionally, you need to identify it as a cdrom drive instead of a hard drive for programs to treat it as such, and doing so is 100% point-and-click with 'winecfg' in 20050725.

Just incase your cdrom doesn't work 'out of the box', you could always try ripping the disc and mounting it as a loopback device by typing 'mount -t iso9660 -o loop [insert your dirs]'. (may have to tinker with losetup and/or modprobing modules). Just don't forget, if you have issues with winecfg, you'll have to manually identify it as a cdrom; but with any luck, one of those methods'll have it running with no more than a couple clicks.

If this is what you already tried (what directions you're referring to is a mystery to me), then all I can suggest is using slapt-get to upgrade everything to -current. Since that's what my system is and I had no problems, at that point I'd assume your problem is a driver incompatibility, and that I can't help you with.

Good luck with it.
 
Old 08-16-2005, 08:03 AM   #3
Eternal_Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: The Pudding Isles
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 573

Rep: Reputation: 59
I seem to remember reading in the Wine Wiki that some windoze cdroms need the 'unhide' option fstab cdrom entry. You might want to check that.

Last edited by Eternal_Newbie; 08-16-2005 at 08:04 AM.
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
wine and starcraft Zero-0-Effect Linux - Games 3 02-25-2011 04:50 AM
must.. have.. starcraft (which wine to use?) End11 Linux - Games 17 03-09-2007 08:40 AM
Starcraft in WINE Nebetsu Linux - Games 6 03-08-2007 07:03 PM
starcraft w/ wine in RH 8.0 EmberWhite Linux - Software 1 02-15-2003 07:32 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:41 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration