[Bug 7585] Thief: the dark project hangs on 'esc' keypress in game if X in 24bpp mode

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7585

--- Comment #38 from Puchkov Vladimir   2008-06-13 02:38:13 ---
(In reply to comment #37)
> (In reply to comment #36)
> > I got this error after some seconds or minutes after begin of a level. The
> > "Esc" key doesn't affect on this.
> > My system: AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 1 Gb of RAM.
> > GPU: GeForce 6100 (embedded in motherboard)
> > OS: ASPLinux 11. Core: 2.6.23.17.
>
> Is this a dual core processor? With multicore processors or SMP Thief's Dark
> Engine is known to be unstable (even on windows). This affects not only Thief
> but related games like System Shock 2 as well. There are workarounds involving
> "taskset" for which you can google.

Yes, it is. CPU Speed 5200 MHz. 2600 by 1 core. In windows this problem can be
solved by disabling 1 core and by downloading the module "thieffixed.exe".