Once again I am working on getting DC Universe Online working on my Ubuntu 12.04 install so I can ditch windows 7 all together. DC Is the only thing tethering me to Windows. There have been many reports of it working.
So far the installer installs the Launchpad application and asks to install a version of Direct X, I declined the Direct X install but went ahead with the rest of the install.
When starting launchpad, logging in and pressing play all I get is a garbled screen after my monitor switches screen modes. I'm not sure if it's because of my ATI video card (highly likely) or a problem with wine. I have access to a nVidia 9800. I'll try later tonight to see if it's the video card.
Same results with the wine packages from ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa (version 1.5.6).
System specs -
i7 CPU @ 4.6GHz
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB video card
16GB DDR3 RAM
Audigy 2 PCI sound card
OS Version -
Ubuntu Linux 12.04 64-bit
Wine version(s) -
1.3.32 Playonlinux
1.4 stock Ubuntu 12.04
1.5.6 Ubuntu wine PPA
Wine Options -
virtual desktop 1440x900
Winetricks options -
ie8
vcrun2008
xact
Progress so far -
launchpad installs and starts as normal
login works and you can press the play button
screen goes all grabled and you have to 'wineserver -k' in a terminal
