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This is my xorg.conf:

Code:



# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display



Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier    "single head configuration"

        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection



Section "Files"



# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 

# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally

# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

        FontPath    "unix/:7100"

EndSection



Section "Module"

        Load  "dbe"

        Load  "extmod"

        Load  "fbdevhw"

        Load  "glx"

        Load  "record"

        Load  "freetype"

        Load  "type1"

        Load  "dri"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"



# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))

#        Option        "Xleds"                "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

#        Option        "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the

# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.

# keyboard, you will probably want to use:

#        Option        "XkbModel"        "pc102"

# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:

#        Option        "XkbModel"        "microsoft"

#

# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.

# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:

#        Option        "XkbLayout"        "de"

# or:

#        Option        "XkbLayout"        "de"

#        Option        "XkbVariant"        "nodeadkeys"

#

# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and

# control keys, use:

#        Option        "XkbOptions"        "ctrl:swapcaps"

# Or if you just want both to be control, use:

#        Option        "XkbOptions"        "ctrl:nocaps"

#

        Identifier  "Keyboard0"

        Driver      "kbd"

        Option            "XkbModel" "pc105"

        Option            "XkbLayout" "be"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Mouse0"

        Driver      "mouse"

        Option            "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

        Option            "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

        Option            "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

        Option            "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

        Identifier  "Monitor0"

        VendorName  "Monitor Vendor"

        ModelName    "COMPAQ S720"

        DisplaySize  320        240

        HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0

        VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0

        Option            "dpms"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier  "Videocard0"

        Driver      "nv"

        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"

        BoardName  "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"

        Device    "Videocard0"

        Monitor    "Monitor0"

        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    16

                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    24

                Modes    "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "DRI"

        Group        0

        Mode        0666

EndSection

I did NOT change anything

Perhaps I should try the nvidia driver

cya

Yes. I guess you should. Hope it works out for you. :)

Were you able to update your driver? How did it go?

I wasn't able to update it. It said I didn't had a matching kernel so I installed one and it still doesn't wanna install :(

Try going back to FC2 and install one of the 2004 versions of wine.

You mean downgread my system?
and if so, would I lose all my information?

If you downgrade your system you will loose all your data. You'll have to back your stuff up someplace.

darn...that will be 40GB just for my /home stuff -_-;;;;
isn't there another way to get the game work?
and if there isn't I have no choice but to delete the game and try it sometime else (FC4 maby...) I don't want to spend half a week burning information on CDs

cyA

The fix is quite simple. I play AOE2 on Mandrake every day, it's a bit slow but that's cuz of my PC. Jusy run wine empires2.exe -- -opengl. It should work. Same for cedega. cedega empires2.exe -- -opengl. :)

Hi Him,

I was wondering what version of wine you use to play AoE2. And do you also play the conquerors expansion or just plane AoE2?

Thanks.

hey Him,

I tried what you told me but it didn't work. I still get the DirectDraw problem :(

I use the May build of Wine. And I play just plain AOE2.

Actually it's weird, I have gotten the game to work on Wine before. Though the text looks all fuzzy and the game is a little slow actually. Maybe get a Cedega CVS build and try running the game with that?

Could you give me an URL where I can download CedegaCVS?

thanks :)

Hum, in all honesty...i dont remember. Look for it in google? =P

Hello Vegetassje (of moet ik zeggen Hallo?),

I love the game, and I would love to get it working back again on linux! Im using Fedora Core 4 now, the Wine version is 20050524. Age2_x1.exe runs, but only for the main screen. The font colors arent properly shown, the game settings interface are coming up even worse.... When I hit the Start game button, the game goes back to the terminal....

A shame it doesnt work, I was positively shocked the game runs already that far!

Is there anybody who has found the correct setup for the game so far?

Flo