[Coco] VCC freezing up under Ubuntu

[Keith Clark]

Thanks Bill but actually I'm running using XFCE instead of Unity.  It 
has not crashed yet.

On 13-04-19 07:25 PM, Bill Pierce wrote:
> Keith, here's a google search link showing tons of sites on the subject
>
> http://preview.search.aol.com/aol/search?q=install+directx+9+wine&v_t=comsearch51&s_cs=-3255229375617519400&enabled_terms=&s_it=botm_grelsearch
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 19, 2013 7:22 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC freezing up under Ubuntu
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> Keith, in Mint, I just used the software search tool and searched for Wine, then
> searched that catagory for directx and found quite a few components. Basically
> they are drivers and libraries.
>
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 19, 2013 7:17 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC freezing up under Ubuntu
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>
> On 13-04-19 05:59 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
>> On 13-04-19 05:48 PM, Bill Pierce wrote:
>>> Keith,
>>> No, Directx is just used to draw the actual Coco screen and for
>>> sound. The DX support for linux has many different parts and if one
>>> needed part is missing, then that part will fail. The windows and
>>> menus themselves are generated by the standard windows api and will
>>> come up even if some the dx components are missing. Diectx is only
>>> accessed when it has to draw the actual Coco screen or use sound.
>>> When I downloaded and installed Wine on Mint, I had to go back and
>>> get several dx parts to make it work. I think I'm still lacking some
>>> as it will fail on certain things. I run windows and was just playing
>>> around with it in Mint so I never checked everything, butit it did
>>> run and boot nitros9.
>>> Just search your repository for "directx support for wine" or "wine
>>> directx"
>>>
>>> Bill Pierce
>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>>> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
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>>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
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>> Thanks Bill, I'll give that a shot!
> Bill,
>
> I don't seem to be able to find anything in the repos to do with directx
> at all.
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