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Just upgraded Wine from 0.9.9 (Ubuntu current) to 0.9.13 (Wine current).
It is noticeably lighter on resources, and feels snappier.
BBO for Linux
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I run BBO within WMware and it works fine.
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Posted 2006-May-17, 10:17
helene_t, on May 17 2006, 10:08 AM, said:
I run BBO within WMware and it works fine.
And it's free (the light weight server variant is, but you can run a Win XP in there, too, of course)!
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Problems. =(
Having tried for months to get BBO to work with Ubuntu Breezy, I switched to Kubuntu on the advice of somebody on an Ubuntu forum. -It was (to me at least) impossible to download Mozilla ActiveX, which BBO keeps saying is needed. -The ActiveX plugin was fine for Windows Mozilla, but not Linux.
Now, I'm pretty sure that I've got BBO under wine, it is in the wine folder when I come to start it (though I'm not sure of which version I am currently using, it's not the most recent, as with this too I have had trouble getting hold of). But I'm still getting the message pop up that I need Mozilla ActiveX. My web browser is Konqueror, and I've been told the appropriate plugin is one called Reaktivate. This too, I have found to be nearly impossible to download.
I have tried all the links in this thread, and I either can't get them to work, or I have no idea what it all means.
=( Could someone please help?
Having tried for months to get BBO to work with Ubuntu Breezy, I switched to Kubuntu on the advice of somebody on an Ubuntu forum. -It was (to me at least) impossible to download Mozilla ActiveX, which BBO keeps saying is needed. -The ActiveX plugin was fine for Windows Mozilla, but not Linux.
Now, I'm pretty sure that I've got BBO under wine, it is in the wine folder when I come to start it (though I'm not sure of which version I am currently using, it's not the most recent, as with this too I have had trouble getting hold of). But I'm still getting the message pop up that I need Mozilla ActiveX. My web browser is Konqueror, and I've been told the appropriate plugin is one called Reaktivate. This too, I have found to be nearly impossible to download.
I have tried all the links in this thread, and I either can't get them to work, or I have no idea what it all means.
=( Could someone please help?
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Posted 2006-May-28, 05:33
twiggstar, on May 28 2006, 11:39 AM, said:
Problems. =(
Having tried for months to get BBO to work with Ubuntu Breezy, I switched to Kubuntu on the advice of somebody on an Ubuntu forum. -It was (to me at least) impossible to download Mozilla ActiveX, which BBO keeps saying is needed. -The ActiveX plugin was fine for Windows Mozilla, but not Linux.
Now, I'm pretty sure that I've got BBO under wine, it is in the wine folder when I come to start it (though I'm not sure of which version I am currently using, it's not the most recent, as with this too I have had trouble getting hold of). But I'm still getting the message pop up that I need Mozilla ActiveX. My web browser is Konqueror, and I've been told the appropriate plugin is one called Reaktivate. This too, I have found to be nearly impossible to download.
I have tried all the links in this thread, and I either can't get them to work, or I have no idea what it all means.
=( Could someone please help?
Having tried for months to get BBO to work with Ubuntu Breezy, I switched to Kubuntu on the advice of somebody on an Ubuntu forum. -It was (to me at least) impossible to download Mozilla ActiveX, which BBO keeps saying is needed. -The ActiveX plugin was fine for Windows Mozilla, but not Linux.
Now, I'm pretty sure that I've got BBO under wine, it is in the wine folder when I come to start it (though I'm not sure of which version I am currently using, it's not the most recent, as with this too I have had trouble getting hold of). But I'm still getting the message pop up that I need Mozilla ActiveX. My web browser is Konqueror, and I've been told the appropriate plugin is one called Reaktivate. This too, I have found to be nearly impossible to download.
I have tried all the links in this thread, and I either can't get them to work, or I have no idea what it all means.
=( Could someone please help?
Did you try both BROWSER_TYPE=E and BROWSER_TYPE=A? Do you have firefox or mozilla installed? Anyway, even when the browser does not work for me, I can still use BBO without problems (except not read lobby news and stuff like that).
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Posted 2006-May-28, 07:44
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which BBO keeps saying is needed. -The ActiveX plugin was fine for Windows Mozilla, but not Linux.
If you set
BROWSER_TYPE=E
in bbover.ini bbo will use an external browser (when it needs one) instead of the activeX plugin.
The plugin is only needed when BBO wants to embed a browser window
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Posted 2006-May-28, 08:13
=\ And how do I do that?
Thanks =)
Thanks =)
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twiggstar, on May 28 2006, 04:13 PM, said:
=\ And how do I do that?
Thanks =)
Thanks =)
You have to edit the file bbover.ini with a text editor. In the section [SYSTEM], there must be lines LINUX_WINE=Y and BROWSER_TYPE=E.
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Aww, thank you all so so much XD
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I have SUSE 10 and wine 20050725 (packman repository), default browser Konqueror. Made directory /usr/share/fonts/symbol and copied Symbol.ttf there. Downloaded bbo_setup.exe, typed wine in console, waited till it finished configuring folders under ~/.wine. Then typed wine bbo_setup.exe, went through installation (c:\Bridge Base Online, which translates into ~/.wine/drive_c/Bridge Base Online. Edited bbover.ini (LINUX_WINE=Y, BROWSER_TYPE=E). Bridge Base worked from the start, and even added a shortcut on my desktop, which works on mouse click, so that I don't have to go to console and type wine blabla.
Hope it helps.
Hope it helps.
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Posted 2006-May-30, 09:20
I am a Newbie to LINUX
My goal is to get BBO to run under Wine and I am getting confused.
I added SYMBOL font to my /usr/fonts/ttf folder
I think I need to install and register the mozctlx.dll ??
I will edit the BBOver.ini file, but what TYPE do I need E ? C ?
Do I need to install anything else into wine directory?
Someone mentioned that you need Internet Explorer...is this true now?
Any other comment/suggestion would be very helpful.
I am using PClinuxos, and just downloaded/installed wine.
TIA
My goal is to get BBO to run under Wine and I am getting confused.
I added SYMBOL font to my /usr/fonts/ttf folder
I think I need to install and register the mozctlx.dll ??
I will edit the BBOver.ini file, but what TYPE do I need E ? C ?
Do I need to install anything else into wine directory?
Someone mentioned that you need Internet Explorer...is this true now?
Any other comment/suggestion would be very helpful.
I am using PClinuxos, and just downloaded/installed wine.
TIA
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Posted 2006-May-30, 23:35
Browser support is needed for some parts of BBO (lobby news, buy BBO$ and MB$, some other things).
Installing the mozctlx.dll, you do NOT need IE at all. Needs BROWSER_TYPE=C.
Else, BROWSER_TYPE=E might work (but some versions of Wine hang when the MozControl is not installed, trying to download and install it [tried this last on 0.9.9 I think]).
Installing the mozctlx.dll, you do NOT need IE at all. Needs BROWSER_TYPE=C.
Else, BROWSER_TYPE=E might work (but some versions of Wine hang when the MozControl is not installed, trying to download and install it [tried this last on 0.9.9 I think]).
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Posted 2006-May-31, 22:12
Just installed 0.9.14, and it successfully installed the MozControl on its own (that is, it didn't creash as usually did before).
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I have tried ALL the variants of installation for BB that I have read.
Downloaded BBO 4.7.5
Using PCLinuxOS
wine 0.9.1-4 tex
Have SYMBOL ttf
installed and successfully registered mosctlx
in the BBOVER.INI file I have WINE=Y
Have tried BROWSER TYPE=A,E, and C
Have atl.dll and msvcrt.dll in system32 dir.
Tried the WINEDLLOVERRIDES for BROWSER and atl.dll
have tried winecfg for wine to look like win98, 2000, and XP
The results are always the same when I go to BBO
I log in okay
It downloads tables
the welcome pop-up comes up and I close it
the Lobby news pop-up comes up and I am fried!
It says the Latest Brdge Base Online news is not responding and asks
if I want to terminate.
end of story.
I am reading all the different advice and instructions on this site (and others) and have tried them all (I think) except something about LIN.SH
I do not understand what this is referring to or what to do about it.
Can this LIN.SH thing (lack of it) be giving me the Bridge Base errors I am getting?
my shell window gives me the same output that TYlerE posted here on February 1, 2006 and DATAKID posted on APRIL 27, 2006 ie: yada yada yada..no classfactory created for CLSID stuff, and the MSVCRT pmode 0x0164 Ignored
I am new to LINUX, am tired of the Windows empire, but I love to play BRIDGE and have spent two solid weeks trying to make BBO work with wine to no avail, I honestly am so frustrated with all the smoke and mirrors that don't work that I am about to crawl back to Bill Gates. I DON"T WANT TO !
How can I make BBO work without Bill G. ?
I am a user not a programmer. Thank goodness I have some experience with iRMX ! I admire the work and support/advice/help that you folks put into this, but there are so many flavors of linux and apparently of wine (and what is winex?) that things do get a might bit confusing to me.
I am open to anything.............. patches?........ VMWARE?..... whatever will work.
So all I can say is Thanks in Advance,
that, and: Please help me?
Downloaded BBO 4.7.5
Using PCLinuxOS
wine 0.9.1-4 tex
Have SYMBOL ttf
installed and successfully registered mosctlx
in the BBOVER.INI file I have WINE=Y
Have tried BROWSER TYPE=A,E, and C
Have atl.dll and msvcrt.dll in system32 dir.
Tried the WINEDLLOVERRIDES for BROWSER and atl.dll
have tried winecfg for wine to look like win98, 2000, and XP
The results are always the same when I go to BBO
I log in okay
It downloads tables
the welcome pop-up comes up and I close it
the Lobby news pop-up comes up and I am fried!
It says the Latest Brdge Base Online news is not responding and asks
if I want to terminate.
end of story.
I am reading all the different advice and instructions on this site (and others) and have tried them all (I think) except something about LIN.SH
I do not understand what this is referring to or what to do about it.
Can this LIN.SH thing (lack of it) be giving me the Bridge Base errors I am getting?
my shell window gives me the same output that TYlerE posted here on February 1, 2006 and DATAKID posted on APRIL 27, 2006 ie: yada yada yada..no classfactory created for CLSID stuff, and the MSVCRT pmode 0x0164 Ignored
I am new to LINUX, am tired of the Windows empire, but I love to play BRIDGE and have spent two solid weeks trying to make BBO work with wine to no avail, I honestly am so frustrated with all the smoke and mirrors that don't work that I am about to crawl back to Bill Gates. I DON"T WANT TO !
How can I make BBO work without Bill G. ?
I am a user not a programmer. Thank goodness I have some experience with iRMX ! I admire the work and support/advice/help that you folks put into this, but there are so many flavors of linux and apparently of wine (and what is winex?) that things do get a might bit confusing to me.
I am open to anything.............. patches?........ VMWARE?..... whatever will work.
So all I can say is Thanks in Advance,
that, and: Please help me?
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Posted 2006-June-03, 04:54
try LINUX_WINE=Y instead of WINE=Y
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Hi all, I am a linux Newbie who has been converted from windows to Kubuntu by a good friend who has been using linux for years. With his help I have managed to install BBO and get to a state where I can log on 
However when the lobby loads it comes up with a box saying, updating Convertion Cards and never goes away. Once more it makes the ticking sound, the same as in windows but never stops. My freind not being a BBO user cannot guide me any further.
I am a newbie so It needs to be spelled out to me
Please Help
Frodrick
However when the lobby loads it comes up with a box saying, updating Convertion Cards and never goes away. Once more it makes the ticking sound, the same as in windows but never stops. My freind not being a BBO user cannot guide me any further.
I am a newbie so It needs to be spelled out to me
Please Help
Frodrick
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Search for a file called bbover.ini.
Edit it.
Add a section named [SYSTEM], with two lines in it
LINUX_WINE=Y
BROWSER_TYPE=C
You'll need to install the MozControl (look into this thread for a link, or install wine 0.9.14 from Wine web site, which automatically installs it.
Edit it.
Add a section named [SYSTEM], with two lines in it
LINUX_WINE=Y
BROWSER_TYPE=C
You'll need to install the MozControl (look into this thread for a link, or install wine 0.9.14 from Wine web site, which automatically installs it.
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Posted 2006-June-04, 03:40
Thanks muxh better, the only minoir problem is that the bar at the bottom is missing so I cant do things such as claim.
As to the MozControl, I don't know what version ive got as i downloaded the sorces package in the shell, the shell does however think ive got the latests version. Presumably that means I have MozControl?
Regards
Frodrick
As to the MozControl, I don't know what version ive got as i downloaded the sorces package in the shell, the shell does however think ive got the latests version. Presumably that means I have MozControl?
Regards
Frodrick
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Posted 2006-June-04, 10:29
To frodrick,
Maybe your Linux panel is covering window of BBO. Hide it with a button on the right (popup: "Hide panel").
Maybe your Linux panel is covering window of BBO. Hide it with a button on the right (popup: "Hide panel").
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Posted 2006-June-04, 13:28
managed to sort bar at bottom by changing view form widescreen in BBO Lobby 
However now discovered that ♣♦♥♠ sybols dont work despite symbols.ttf being in the required directory
Any Ides?
Regard
Frodrick
However now discovered that ♣♦♥♠ sybols dont work despite symbols.ttf being in the required directory
Any Ides?
Regard
Frodrick