http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15737
--- Comment #3 from Francesco Munda syylk@hotmail.com 2008-11-14 06:17:33 --- Browsing bugzilla for help about my own problem, I found this.
I think I have the same problem. The game shows the splash screen and DOENS'T start most of the time.
If I apply some load to the CPU(s), the chance for it to start raises dramatically.
I use glxgears: start it, then start EVE Online, then stop glxgears once EVE shows the login screen. Without this "trick", more often than not, the game doesn't start.
I already had GROUP_SCHED set to "Y", even before using this workaround.
My sys data:
AMD Phenom 9500 quadcore 4GB RAM GF8800GT/256 Gentoo 2008.0 AMD64 WINE 1.1.8 EVE Online QR 1.0 (behavior started around EA 1.1.1/1.1.2).