For a little background, I leveled (quite painfully) to 70 on a PvP server, and grew a serious distaste for the stuff. Since my transfer Gnomeregan, I've really been able to shine -- if an evil, maniacal, shadow-obsessed demon-summoner can really "shine".I enjoy working up my own custom UI, and I build macros to make my game easier. I try to keep abreast of the UI, Addons and Macros subforum. If you have any related questions, I should see them there.
It hurts so good
Posted November 19, 2009 at 01:04 AM by Cormanthor
Such is the life of a computer geek / WoW addict. 
I get Gentoo Linux installed, recompile the kernel about a dozen times to get the necessary options in there... and STILL Wine refuses to cooperate. I did have a few issues with getting Gentoo installed that I've never run into before. Namely a failure to completely boot with either the framebuffer enabled or ACPI power management on. And to frustrate matters further, every tine I had to compile the kernel, ACPI would re-enable itself.
So now, it's off to download Kubuntu and Fedora 12. Maybe one of them will install / run / find Azeroth. I would hate to have to toss money at Microsoft just to play a [highly addictive] game.
On the "up" side, I did find that I do not need to purchase the $200 version of Windows 7 Home. I can get it for just over $100 if I forgo phone support.
I would personally rather run linux (any flavor is fine), but I may have to bite the big one and get Windows again.
And after trying five or six distros with three fully successful installs in the past two days, I've discovered what I hope is the root of my problem. All of the linux distros I've tried thus far have been 64bit (to match my AMD64 processor). There have been many compatibility issues trying to use 32bit software on a 64bit OS this whole time. I have just gotten Fedora12 32bit started before I headed back to work. Hopefully when I get home, I can copy my WoW folder over and "jack in" to the World of Warcraft once again (after some much needed sleep!).
I get Gentoo Linux installed, recompile the kernel about a dozen times to get the necessary options in there... and STILL Wine refuses to cooperate. I did have a few issues with getting Gentoo installed that I've never run into before. Namely a failure to completely boot with either the framebuffer enabled or ACPI power management on. And to frustrate matters further, every tine I had to compile the kernel, ACPI would re-enable itself.
So now, it's off to download Kubuntu and Fedora 12. Maybe one of them will install / run / find Azeroth. I would hate to have to toss money at Microsoft just to play a [highly addictive] game.
On the "up" side, I did find that I do not need to purchase the $200 version of Windows 7 Home. I can get it for just over $100 if I forgo phone support.
I would personally rather run linux (any flavor is fine), but I may have to bite the big one and get Windows again.
And after trying five or six distros with three fully successful installs in the past two days, I've discovered what I hope is the root of my problem. All of the linux distros I've tried thus far have been 64bit (to match my AMD64 processor). There have been many compatibility issues trying to use 32bit software on a 64bit OS this whole time. I have just gotten Fedora12 32bit started before I headed back to work. Hopefully when I get home, I can copy my WoW folder over and "jack in" to the World of Warcraft once again (after some much needed sleep!).
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oh mate, good luck.
I used to run gentoo on my desktop, but at some point I didn't have the time anymore to recompile my whole system every other week for updates, and then spending hours on tracking all those compile errors :D
I always booted windows for gaming though... not worth the pain going through wine just to have bad performance then.
Got a mac now, it's a nice compromise between both worlds. But I do miss the absolute power of being root user on a linux system ;)Posted November 19, 2009 at 06:34 AM by lilsteele
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I never had problems getting wow to run under wine on Fedora. I played it with stock kernel, stock wine rpms, and nvidia's video drivers and it always ran great. I've not used it since wrath came out (playing on a mac now, linux box needs upgraded hardware and is used more for work). However, I raided through SWP in BC on it and it worked fine. If my linux box had better hardware than my mac I'd probably still be playing on it.Posted November 19, 2009 at 10:33 AM by Argath
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I also played WoW in BC on [Gentoo] Linux. But Wrath broke it due to upgrades from Blizzard. Now I am trying to migrate back to Linux and thus far I can only glimpse the login screen. The launcher is poop right now, as it removes permissions on the WoW directory immediately after launch.
Right now I am trying to get the NVidia drivers installed, but Fedora's open source driver is blocking me and I can't manage to get 'rmmod' to ditch it for me.
Posted November 19, 2009 at 04:30 PM by Cormanthor
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Eh, No need to buy Windows. :-P You COULD get it for free if ya wanted to. That's the only reason I'm not 100% Linux. Why not use Windows if it's free? :-D
I dunno if it's against forum rules to discuss bootleg software. If so, don't kill me!Posted November 19, 2009 at 05:54 PM by Becorath
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That is one of the reasons I'm migrating to Linux. My copy of Windows XP is not upgradable, and at some point in the near future, I feel that XP will be left behind for Windows 7 development. As such, I need to start shifting to another platform soon to future-proof my computing needs as much as possible.
Currently my fight with Fedora 12 (32bit) is in the NVidia driver. Their driver is not compatible with the built-in one from Fedora, and the 'EasyLife' software is supposed to make that change (among others) much easier. It only succeeded in reducing my effective desktop area to a 50x300 px area in the upper left, and the taskbar at the bottom.
So back to the grind, looking for the best distro for me. Maybe I can get KUbuntu running tomorrow...Posted November 19, 2009 at 06:48 PM by Cormanthor
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Interesting, i tinkered with Linux some years ago and never got the nerve to start using it to play wow tho. Back then it was Red Hat ... but as some point i couldn't get network going so i left it.
Fedora 12 is the way to go i read... or do you have suggestions on a distribution that works flawless with wine/wow.Posted November 20, 2009 at 03:59 AM by zix
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It would seem through research that just about any distro will work for WoW via Wine. It's just a matter of how many hoops you're willing to jump through to get there.
My problem with Fedora is the graphics driver. Theirs is just not robust enough to handle WoW, and they made it very difficult (for me) to install the one directly from NVidia.
With Gentoo, I just got tired of recompiling the kernel every time I forgot to change something (or it changed 'Fix A' back while I was applying 'Fix B').
I did not give Kubuntu a fair enough turn. Several others fell off the chopping block early on before I discovered the way around ACPI.
Next up, ArchLinux. Wish me luck!Posted November 20, 2009 at 07:43 AM by Cormanthor
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