[scoob]

ubuntu gutsy, wine 9.4.7, gecko engine, and symbol.ttf

no changes to ini settings

up and running first try, no issues, no lag, no disconnects

mind you, this machine is quite a bit more powerful than the last one i was using which probablyl explains the lack of lag more than anything else

[helene_t]

Gerardo, on Sep 26 2007, 06:16 PM, said:

Frozen in movement. Used to happen, I think somewhat related to FD. Doesn't happen anymore.

Wine still freezes sometimes, no discernible pattern. Ubuntu Gutsy here.

Right, it never happens when I don't use FD.

[Rebound]

Hi folks. I'm a total noob to Linux and just installed Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10).

I could really use a step by step guide to:

a ) where to put the symbol.ttf file
b ) installing apps under wine

Please and thanks. Please bear in mind I know almost nothing about Linux. I only managed to install Wine by copying the instructions from WineHQ.

Further, do I need to register there to download? The BBO entry there doesn't seem to have a download link, just info.

[cherdano]

Maybe someone using Ubuntu can say where to put the symbol.ttf file.

About installing Wine: Generally on Ubuntu (or any Linux distribution), before installing some software, you should first check whether the software is available in one of the "official software channels". See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine. (But if you have already installed the WineHQ version, that is ok too).

As far as installing BBO goes:
1. Go to online.bridgebase.com and "download the BBO software". Choose "Save File" when asked what to do with the file after clicking on the download link.
2. Assuming you are using Firefox, it will save the file to the Desktop folder. Start a terminal window, do "cd Desktop", then "wine bbo_setup.exe". This will start the BBO windows installer under wine.
3. After the installer has run, BBO should be installed in the wine subdirectory. For me, that is
~/.wine/Bridge Base Online/ (where ~ is my home directory). You should be able to start BBO by typing "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Bridge\ Base\ Online/NetBridgeVu.exe" in the terminal.

[helene_t]

1) sudo apt-get install wine
2) Download BBO from www.bridgebase.com
3) sudo wine bbo_setup.exe
4) Copy symbol.ttf to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/symbol/
5) wine NetBridgeVu.exe

[cherdano]

helene_t, on Oct 26 2007, 11:12 AM, said:

3) sudo wine bbo_setup.exe

Why sudo?

[Rebound]

Wunnerful. Thx for the quick replies. I'll give it a go. It sounds pretty straight forward.

Edit: Found on WineHQ where I could copy the font into the fake C:\ drive and then to make matters even easier, when I clicked to download the bbo software, Firefox offered to "open with wine" so it installed easily. I had to close and reopen it after installing gecko and needed to use the Ctrl-W mentioned earlier but otherwise it worked wonderfully.

Thanks, everyone. Incidentally, performance seems to be about equivalent to or even better than in Windows. I will need to use it more to be sure though.

[helene_t]

cherdano, on Oct 26 2007, 07:17 PM, said:

helene_t, on Oct 26 2007, 11:12 AM, said:

3) sudo wine bbo_setup.exe

Why sudo?

Right, it's better not to, otherwise the root becomes owner of the created directories so you cannot add new files without running bbo as root.

[estragone]

Hi,

I'm new here. Installed Mandriva 2008 and wine. Installed sybols font. Setting wine to Win98 mode (firefox windows opens with the same content like the bbo window, when I click, otherwise I cant Kiebitz or play - nothing happens).
So everything works fine.
But, how can I change the font. It's big and bold, much too big and bold.
Settings, font size -> small etc. doesn't work.

Thanks in advance

[karlson]

Very strangely, while it works flawlessly on my laptop, I can't get it work on my workstation for some reason. I'm not really sure what the difference could be, but here's the error message I get in case someone has seen it before: (this is on Ubuntu 6.10, wine v 0.9.22. BBO downloaded today, not sure what version). It seems to crash immediately after loading the player list (perhaps during).

$ wine NetBridgeVu.exe
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {96749377-3391-11d2-9ee3-00c04f797396} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {96749377-3391-11d2-9ee3-00c04f797396} not registered
err:ole:create_server class {96749377-3391-11d2-9ee3-00c04f797396} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {96749377-3391-11d2-9ee3-00c04f797396} could be created for context 0x7
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b4 ignored
fixme:ole:OleCreate
{8856f961-340a-11d0-a96b-00c04fd705a2}
{00000112-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} semi-stub!
fixme:shdocvw:PersistStorage_InitNew (0x1a7ed0)->(0x5dd568)
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00000000 at address 0x4fb662 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
Modules:
Cannot get info on module while no process is loaded
Threads:
process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)
0000000a
0000000c 0
0000000b 0
00000008 (D) (null)

[Gerardo]

Does it load the Gecko engine?

Also, try newer Wine (from winehq.com)

[karlson]

I installed newer wine, and at the point where it crashed before, wine asked me to install some kind of gecko that I didn't have. So that was indeed the cause, and it works fine now.

Thanks Gerardo.

[vuroth]

Just reinstalled for ubuntu 7.10.

One thing that I noticed was that my query for BB$ activity would not accept text entry into the fields. Not sure why.

V

[PaulH]

A while ago I became the maintainer for the entry on the WineHQ database for BBO. During a pointless exercise for one of my clients, I managed to connect and play a hand at BBO under 37 different distros.

If anyone has read the entries entered by Gerrado and is still stuck please e-mail paul.hayes700@ntlworld.com. Other than a few GIB problems and a slight hitch with the differences between the free and non-free implementations of symbol.ttf I think we are there.

Please if you are stuck tell me as I want to make this a supported application then I can go back to losing at this beautiful infuriating game.

Paul

[TylerE]

It's really amazing how far this has come. Just for kicks, after not having a linux install handy for about a year (What can I say, felt like doing some lisp hacking...), installed the latest Ubuntu 8.04 beta. Installed wine, downlaoded bbo_setup.exe, ran without a hitch, and once I installed symbol.ttf, BBO runs absolutely flawlessly. Just like on Windows. Oh, one difference...the font rendering is nicer

I can finally comfortably switch my main OS over to Linux (my preference) since I no longer need to have Windows around to run BBO properly.

[firmit]

I love linux, ubuntu, and wine for making bbo run under gnome.
But, with the Xfce desktop ( Xubuntu ) it did not work properly. All the pop-up-spam-thingy which reguire gecko is my main suspect at the moment. I received a long list of errorcatching when a pop-up came up.

Not a biiig problem, but... I was gonna try xfce because I am planning on using it on an old laptop.

It MIGHT be some conflict with the desktops - I originally installed ubuntu, then the kubuntu and xubuntu desktop - the latter not behaving properly.

[uday]

set

BROWSER_TYPE=E

in c:\bridge base online\bbover.ini

and BBO will use your default (external) browser when it needs to show a popup-spammy-thing like lobby news

[firmit]

It solved my problem. There seems to be an error with the gecko engine - i have been experimenting with my install lately, so I would not be surprised if this is my own doing. The result now being I do not have any more ads and popup's - which I am quite happy with even though a cruise-vacation in the Carrabien's is tempting

"It is always your fault!" - as my partner always says

[Gerardo]

I'd say so, here vanilla xfce works fine (Debian lenny, or perhaps sid)

[dsla]

Hi wonder if you can help.

I've just got an Acer eeePc which is posing a couple of issues as far as BBO under wine is concerned. The main one is that none of the buttons at the bottom of the screen are working (back, table, redeal, etc.) - any ideas? This is progress from where I was an hour ago, but it still ain't usable I've tweaked everything I can think of in winecfg and bbover.ini but no joy.

Secondary issue is screen size - this pc is only 800x480 - but I'm hoping that when I can click the options button i'll be able to do something to help that - ctrl-w doesn't seem to do anything ...

Wine 0.9.52
BBO_setup downloaded today...

Dan