http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25499
--- Comment #13 from signalitymail-winebugzilla@yahoo.co.uk 2011-11-20 14:33:27 CST --- Fixed it.
From Synaptic, I reinstalled:
fglrx-atieventsd fglrx-driver fglrx-glx fglrx-glx-ia32 fglrx-module-dkms glx-alternative-fglrx
only this time I opened the "Details" window and spotted the lines at the bottom that said something like:
"driver installed but not yet configured, suggest you edit some file or other (in etc/ I think).
trying sudo aticonfig --initial may work!
So I did:
sudo aticonfig --initial
Nothing seemed to change but the game now runs.
It's playable but the mouse cursor is very erratic and it is difficult to click on the right place because it jumps around after you point at something. The workaround described here:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=21268
doesn't seem to help.
BTW: The laptop now runs much cooler, the fan doesn't run full blast and the battery life is about 1.5 time longer than it was before I installed and configured the fglrx-driver.