Download Wine 1.5.9

A new development build of Wine has been released with version number 1.5.9. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API. The software makes it possible to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, among others. A large group of developers contribute to Wine and it has been decided to release a new so-called development version every two weeks, instead of waiting for a number of new functions to be ready. A stable edition is published a few times a year. The database with applications running under Wine, with or without minor tweaks, contains 18,742 titles at the time of writing, 50 more than at the time of version 1.5.8. Below you will find everything that has been changed and improved in this release.

What’s new in this release:

• Support for GPOS font tables in Uniscribe.
• Support for XRandr 1.2 and 1.3.
• Parser improvements for the HLSL compiler.
• More key exchange algorithms supported on Mac OS.
• Relay tracing on ARM.

Bugs fixed in 1.5.9 (total 54):

• “MDK” does not display most of graphic
• VB6 apps using scrrun FileSystem object fail because GetIDsOfNames is not implemented (Fileant, WinAmbulance, …)
• Crashday: Gray overlay on loading screen
• Gruntz: Slow down a lot when displaying text
• 15 Days: Crash at startup
• Ashampoo Slide Show 2010: Slideshow preview window crashes the app
• hh.exe: Missing icons, problem displaying initial page of sample .chm file
• Sandlot games launcher “Play Now” button does nothing
• Add support for XRandR 1.2
• Dogfighter (Steam) hangs when changing the video settings
• Lifbase: text input area borders are corrupted
• Mini Golf cannot be played a second time
• eXperience 112: broken shadows
• VBSCript fail to parse ‘for each <> in <>‘ statement
• Pegasus Mail v. 4.62 build 191 generates exception in safecall method
• Dragon Age: Origins DVD authenticity checks fail (descriptor structures returned by DVD_READ_STRUCT need a descriptor header prepended)
• Winamp [5.623]: Application crashes at startup, needs msvcr90.dll.bsearch_s
• Quick Lohn installation crashes on setup
• Photoscape needs msvcp90.dll.??0?$basic_istringstream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@H@Z
• Take advantage of xrandr 1.3 features
• Pegasus Mail v4.63 starts w/ exception “(0x80040100) (0x80040100) @01AD84F5” (OleCommandTarget_Exec Unsupported cmdID = 63)
• Pegasus Mail v4.63 – tooltips labels are left blank
• wine iexplore crash in mshtml
• iexplore crashes in HTMLDocument_get_cookie
• Serif WebPlus X2 fails to start due to windowscodecs BitmapEncoderInfo_GetPixelFormats being a stub
• The Walking Dead Episode 1: Black screen after startup
• GTA2 crashes on exit
• Dota 2 won’t render with d3d9ex
• Fifa 2005 demo crashes with German language selected
• Mathematica 8.0.1 crashes on startup
• Severe frame rate regression in 3D games when changing cursor graphic (esp with animated cursors)
• StarTopia: crashes while loading
• ctest, cmake crash with null this in msvcp90.locale_dtor
• msvcp90.dll.??5?$basic_istream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@QAEAAV01@P6AAAVios_base@1@AAV21@@Z@Z unimplemented
• Driftmoon needs Win32_BaseBoard WMI class (queries for SerialNumber property)
• Clones (game) crashes on start in quartz
• Trying to install Sketchup pro 8 on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
• .NET Framework 4.5 RC Runtime Optimization Service needs kernel32.dll WerSetFlags stub
• Microsoft.Build tool from .NET Framework 4.x requires kernel32.dll GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation
• Microsoft C# compiler from .NET Framework 4.x requires kernel32.dll GetLocaleInfoEx
• installer of Thunder 7 crashes at unimplemented msvcp71.dll.?$?6U?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@0@AAV10@D@ z
• Rise of Nations : Won’t Start
• EverQuest II: Launchpad hangs while loading
• wined3d_get_adapter_display_mode failure with relay+trace
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition: SQL Server System Configuration Checker fails (needs StdRegProv WMI class)
• Driver problem for Epson stylus sx235w printer/scanner. unimplemented function setupapi.dll.SetupDiGetDeviceInstallParamsW
• Kareo installer puts up fatal dialog on startup
• Error file not found “Version.ini” on IPView Pro 3.00 and 4.00 with builtin scrrun.dll
• Google Sketchup Layout crashes during startup
• MathCad 15 can’t acquire trial license
• Amnesia – The Dark Descent: launcher.exe crashes on start
• Eschalon Book I: corrupted text in DirectX mode
• Wine cannot install dotnet2 using winetricks
• ChessBase 2009 Light help viewer crashes

Internet Explorer 8 using Wine on Ubuntu, click on the image for a larger version.