http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17737
Summary: Command and Conquer Generals listens to loopback for network connections Product: Wine Version: 1.1.17 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: cwadge@gmail.com
Created an attachment (id=19949) --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=19949) Screenshot of loopback behavior
It seems that Command and Conquer generals listens only on the loopback address for network connections. As a result, network play is impossible. Strangely, sometimes you can actually see other games on the network, but you cannot join them. Even direct connections fail. When examining your own network settings, it seems bound to a loopback address (see screenshot).
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17737
--- Comment #1 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-03-15 12:12:45 --- Did you followed this instructions? http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-0344b4325219c69636aeffeaa3596d6855283afd
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17737
Chris W cwadge@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|normal |minor
--- Comment #2 from Chris W cwadge@gmail.com 2009-03-15 17:20:55 --- Adding a workaround to the hosts file manually does give an additional local interface to choose through the menu, which does allow networking to work. However, with all due respect I believe this behavior should still be considered a bug. Breaking default Unix hosts behavior to enable networking for some Windows apps seems like kind of a hack to me.
Since there seems to be a workaround, I'm dropping the severity.
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sub.mesa@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever Confirmed|0 |1
--- Comment #3 from sub.mesa@gmail.com 2009-06-24 16:07:01 --- *** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
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Juan Lang juan_lang@yahoo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE
--- Comment #4 from Juan Lang juan_lang@yahoo.com 2009-07-23 18:11:20 --- This one comes up from time to time, and it's consistently considered a configuration problem. I'm marking it a dup of 7929 for now, but marking it invalid is equally likely. See also bug 9405 for another game that's affected by the same thing.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7929 ***
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Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #5 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-07-23 23:10:51 --- Closing duplicate.