No need to install all of them, just the most recent you have). Install from DVD (If you have the Cata DVD, use that. The lower "costs" of download time for patches ALONE saved me almost 13GB of downloading. Install from the Client Download from Blizzard (This is how I have just installed WoW. From here on out, it depends on how you install WoW. There is NO need to 'patch' wine for now. Recently, the WoW cursor issues while running in opengl mode have been fixed. Also, set the default install as XP for sound to work, and go to your Sound tab and set the sound driver to ALSA. If it wants you to install Gecko, do it, or your Launcher won't show news. Install wine 1.3 It's easiest to look in the stickies in this forum, and install the wine ppa.Ĭreate a wine install directory by running 'winecfg' in a terminal. Note: wine 1.3.26 and above work fine now, with no mouse issues anymoreĪctivate your proprietary video drivers in System > Administration > Additional Drivers (Nvidia users: If 'nvidia-settings' works, then it IS activated, ATi/AMD: If card is not supported or no drivers available, good luck, and Intel probably won't work at all)
These are the basics you should do BEFORE you install WoW: If you use their products, and even worse PAY FOR THEM, go get help from them. If you have an issue, and anywhere in there you use POL or anything else except wine, DON'T post in here. Why add layers of complexity to a project that works in it's most basic form? (POL/Crossover, et. I do NOT believe in using Play On Linux (POL), Crossover, or anything other than wine itself. I know this subject gets alot of reads, but there has not been an updated version for awhile (at least, not since before Cata came out). Things and changed a little, but not much.
NOTE: This was written while using Gnome 2 in 11.04.
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