PlayOnLinux-Failed to init Arial

Discussion in 'Players Supporting Players' started by Akiokun, Jul 30, 2014.

  1. Akiokun New Member

    Can anyone help me get EQ2 working on PlayOnLinux? I'm running Kubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, trusty version. Have tried running from both 32 and 64 bit Wine prefixes using wine version 1.7.23. Have installed microsoft core fonts, dxfullsetup and d3dx11. Have followed the advice on what seems like a dozen different forum threads on different sites, but no matter what I do, I keep getting a "Failed to init Arial. You may need to reboot before some fonts will load." Below is a sampling of the pages I've tried to use to fix the problem, to no avail.

    http://wavetran.blogspot.com/2013/01/ubuntu-forums-everquest-2-not-working.html
    http://eq2.zam.com/forum.html?forum=19&mid=132521034592206517
    http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2052
    https://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/index.php?threads/failed-to-init-font.3056/
    https://appdb.winehq.org/objectMana...e&sClass=version&sTitle=&sReturnTo=&iId=24943
    http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20511

    And I tried running an install using:
    env WINEPREFIX=/home/MyUsername/.local/share/wineprefixes/eq2 wine /home/MyUsername/Desktop/EQ2_Streaming_Setup.exe

    After spending several hours on this across two days, I've exhausted my supply of ideas and web searches. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.