14th Jun2012
Author: Gyro

Photoshop CS crashing when opening complex PSD files using Ubuntu/wine

I installed the new Photoshop CS6 trial version on Ubuntu using Wine 1.5.5, and had a strange error when I tried to open a complex psd file with multiple layers etc, Photoshop would just crash.

As much as I hate the way email lists look when searching for something, this time they were the only source I could find with the solution for this annoying problem.


The solution is quite simple:

Copy atmlib.dll from windows partition windows/system32 to wine's system32 directory [usually /home/[user]/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32]. (It is needed for cooltype.dll)

Found in this list: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-bugs/2010-August/247332.html talking about this issue in CS4. I am using CS6, so I assume this  will work for any CS version.

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2 Responses to “Photoshop CS crashing when opening complex PSD files using Ubuntu/wine”

  • Evon

    You have any progress with this? I’m having the same problem.

    • Gyro

      Hi,

      yes my solution is in the post above :)

      “Copy atmlib.dll from windows partition windows/system32 to wine’s system32 directory”

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