DC Universe Online - Ubuntu 12.04 / Wine

Once again I am working on getting DC Universe Online working on my Ubuntu 12.04 install so I can ditch windows 7 all together. DC Is the only thing tethering me to Windows. There have been many reports of it working.


So far the installer installs the Launchpad application and asks to install a version of Direct X, I declined the Direct X install but went ahead with the rest of the install.


When starting launchpad, logging in and pressing play all I get is a garbled screen after my monitor switches screen modes. I'm not sure if it's because of my ATI video card (highly likely) or a problem with wine. I have access to a nVidia 9800. I'll try later tonight to see if it's the video card.


Same results with the wine packages from ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa (version 1.5.6).


System specs -
i7 CPU @ 4.6GHz
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB video card
16GB DDR3 RAM
Audigy 2 PCI sound card


OS Version -
Ubuntu Linux 12.04 64-bit


Wine version(s) -
1.3.32 Playonlinux
1.4 stock Ubuntu 12.04
1.5.6 Ubuntu wine PPA


Wine Options - 
virtual desktop 1440x900


Winetricks options -
ie8
vcrun2008
xact


Progress so far -
launchpad installs and starts as normal
login works and you can press the play button
screen goes all grabled and you have to 'wineserver -k' in a terminal

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PPA for Dolphin Emulator

This is the Ubuntu PPA for the Nintendo Gamecube and Wii Emulator, Dolphin. It installs the Linux version.

https://launchpad.net/~glennric/+archive/dolphin-emu

The AMD/ATI 12.6 beta driver for linux Includes new 2D acceleration architecture. Enable with:

amdconfig --set-pcs-u32=DDX,ShadowPrimary,1


It seems to snappy things up a bit on my system.

AMD Driver Ubuntu 12.04 - the long answer

All of this information was jacked from http://askubuntu.com/a/126513 . I just edited and am providing it here so I don't have to use Google every time I need to install AMD's drivers.

The following Instructions are how to install the latest ATI Catalyst Video driver on a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise ONLY.

Caution: Only use these instructions if you have opted NOT to use the Official Ubuntu Binaries.

You need to install some dependencies to your system, do this by running these in Terminal:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

sudo apt-get install i386 lib32gcc1

sudo apt-get install libc6-i386 

Installation and building of the drivers

sudo sh amd-driver-installer-*.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/precise

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

sudo aticonfig --initial

After this command, reboot your system. If all is right, the fglrx driver will be installed and working on your system.

Again, All of this information was jacked from http://askubuntu.com/a/126513

To activate Windows 7 via the web go to http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/


Requires a legit serial number. I posted this just so I won't forget the address for future use.

This is a forum signature I'm working on for my DCUO League.