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April 29, 2002 05:22 pm ET - research by distic, ElmerFudd
running Lineage on Linux
Using the winex emulator, distic managed to persuade Lineage to run on his Linux box. He gave some instructions (which I posted below). Performance is perfect under his P200 with 32MB of RAM, so it should be fine in general (distic, get yourself a better computer). There is currently no audio support. Also, running Lineage this way is not supported in any way by NC, so run this at your own risk. (But most Linux people fix their own problems anyway.) :)

You'll need this file: GetWineX, care of ElmerFudd from #winex on the openprojects network.


  1. chmod 744 GetWineX to make sure it's executable
  2. Make the directory "temp" in your home folder. E.g. /home/distic/temp
  3. Run the GetWineX script, ./GetWineX update (this may take some time depending on your system speed, and requires root)
  4. Once it has compiled, mount your windows directory. Assuming you have a folder "/c" and that your windows partition is hda1 you use the command: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /c
  5. change directory to your lineage folder. e.g. cd /c/Program\ Files/Lineage/
  6. Run winex out of your lineage directory: cvswinex lineage.exe

If you want to run lineage inside a window (to make it manageable) edit your winex config file "config" (found in /home/yourname/.cvswinex/config)
scroll down to the [x11drv] area and find the text that says "Managed" = "N" and change the "N" to a "Y"
If you want to adjust the size of this "desktop" remove the ";" from the line reading "Desktop" = "640x480"
you can edit the window size by altering the "640x480" to whatever you want.
when you first run cvswinex lineage.exe it will take some time to cater for the fonts, but after that it will run quickly
audio support is minimal, but I'll update you when thats fixed.
And your done ;)

April 29, 2002 05:25 pm ET (#1)
AdaM
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34 posts
04-26-02

First Post. muahahahah

-Adam rulex

April 29, 2002 05:26 pm ET (#2)
cruelgame
LC Reporter

290 posts
04-04-02

First Post. That is really confusing and I don't know why anyone would do it.

April 29, 2002 05:26 pm ET (#3)
cruelgame
LC Reporter

290 posts
04-04-02

DAMN FOILED AGAIN

April 29, 2002 05:27 pm ET (#4)
shoyo
Loyal Fan

86 posts
04-25-02

-.- who is actually using linux? 0.o usually the ones who use linux dont' play games :D

April 29, 2002 05:54 pm ET (#5)
Ramza
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722 posts
01-11-02

lol thats crazy i oculnt understand some of that stuff but hey linux good for running hte internet ^^ good job man

April 29, 2002 05:58 pm ET (#6)
vinsma
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15 posts
04-12-02

i understood everything until they said chmod 744 GetWineX (?)

April 29, 2002 06:42 pm ET (#7)
aupairKing
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320 posts
03-11-02

I understood everything perfeclty well, thanks Distic.

the rest of you need to get out from under that Windoze thumb that "billy boy" is holding over you.

and you call yourselves gamers..........

April 29, 2002 06:53 pm ET (#8)
InToTheFire
Loyal Fan

142 posts
11-27-01

lol good job man but can u make everquest run on it ^.^ (crappy game but its a challenge)

April 29, 2002 07:26 pm ET (#9)
Aphelion
Loyal Fan

7 posts
12-02-01

According to a friend,Everquest uses some API thats not implemented in the winex he had.
The winex mentioned above, is 2.0, which *may* run it. Lineage relies on directX, so I don't see why Everquest won't run on Linux.

As an addition to the steps above:
1) Open up your config file (/home/distic/.cvswinex/config) and scroll to the [x11Drv] section
and switch *OFF* desktop (;"Desktop" = "N"). And make sure that "Managed" = "Y".
2) Make sure that you have the ability to switch your resolution to 800x60016. Lineage runs in this
resolution so it's need to make lineage run in fullscreen mode in Linux.
You can double check this by hitting ctrl-alt-"+/-", if the resolution switches to a big clunky
one, then your fine, if not, you need to edit your X config file like this:

su -c "pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4"

then scroll down to the "Section 'Screen'" area and look where it says Modes (under depth) and add in "800x600"

e.g.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "S3 ViRGE (generic)"
Monitor "Packard Bell PnP 3030"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

yours,
Distic

April 29, 2002 07:39 pm ET (#10)
Taumaril
Loyal Fan

36 posts
04-04-02

You ppl need to try some other OS than WinCrap, after that u'll know why ppl run servers on unix systems instead of microsofts.

April 29, 2002 08:05 pm ET (#11)
mp3
Loyal Fan

193 posts
02-12-02

can i run lineage in a window too? ... i'm on wincrap Q__Q

April 30, 2002 09:13 pm ET (#12)
Li
Loyal Fan

62 posts
03-05-02

wincrap are pre-installed into most of the PC...
and i know i know...it sux...crash on me every day....argh...
newer versions are suppose to be "better" than the old ones....
well...in wincrap's case....FAT CHANCE....HAHAHAHA....it still crash

anyhow...i'm not very familiar with linux..or unix system...
so i'll stay with wincrap for now...
how to run lineage in a "window"-ed mode in:
wincrap millenium
wincrap 2000
wincrap xp (2002)
???...

even mac has a window mode T_T....maybe should play lineage on mac o.o...
mac dont crash as much as wincrap >,<

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