I found the problem ! The problem is that the nvidia 9629 driver crashes when wine is used. Its discussed here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2521068 To fix this, I installed nvida driver 8776 thus uninstalling driver 9629. This is yet another example of how NVIDIA's driver sucks. I spent about 2 hours troubleshooting thinking the problem lied in sreccvt and wine ! Once I had an inkling that it was nvidia, I decided to revert back to an older version of the driver. And it fixed the problem. Thanks, Nvidia, for wasting another 3 hours of my life ! Oh, and by the way... 1) one cannot be running X when one builds the nvidia driver. (Previously someone told me I didn't have to build nvidia drivers from the command line, I could run the nvidia driver included with the kernel and then I could build them from my X session. That is wrong.) 2) Livna doesn't have version 8776 of the driver for download. Another time when Livna was NOT a solution to the Nvidia driver problem. (I DO support livna's efforts, I am not knocking them.) 3) Yes livna has other versions of the nvidia driver, ie 9631, but its BETA as far as I can tell. I don't care to debug any more of nvidia's new drivers ! 4) And lest anyone say that I am the only one frustrated with the Nvidia driver situation, the ODSL survey concluded "The top desktop priorities that users want developers to work on are, in order of importance: open-source drivers, cross-distribution Linux desktop standards, and improved wireless support." http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6598704165.html /rant off Don't get me wrong ! I still love Fedora and Linux. I just hate this nvidia driver situation because it has caused me so much grief over the years and cost me so much time. Like today, for instance ! Out. -- Kim Lux, Diesel Research Inc.
