http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15323
--- Comment #9 from mat@voxmobili.com 2008-10-02 08:09:55 --- I've done a few more tests, I'm able to get the login window to show by repeatedly running "wine warpatch.bin" then cancelling (ctrl-c). I've put up a side by side comparison of startup differences when the window appears and when it doesn't here (formatting is so so...): http://www.herebedragons.org/wine/debug.html
It looks like when I get the window to show up, it's because some things are already instanciated : wine didn't yet fully stop from my previous command run. Bad init or race condition somewhere ?
(Note: this is on latest kubuntu, current git wine version with andrew stewart patches for the DrawText assertions).