For anyone else running into this, it was a mismatch between the version of
Ubuntu I was using and the version of wine I needed. Upgrading to 8.1 and
installing the latest version of wine for that kernel solved the problem.

Cheers.

--- In hnsky@yahoogroups.com, "imstarlost" <imstarlost@...> wrote:
>
> Hi guys, it's been a long time since I last looked in you all. Hope
> all is well for one and all.
>
> I am running my Toshiba Satellite A110 laptop with Ubuntu 8.04 with
> most of the KDE 4.1 package activated (some trouble with the blank
> screen bug, though, so my Desktop still runs under Gnome). I installed
> HnSky as per the instructions provided.
>
> HnSky seems to launch OK, but the cursor just sits in the middle of
> the screen intermittently blinking (very quickly) and is essentially
> locked up. I can access nothing and must do a master reset (read shut
> the damned laptop off) to return to status quo ante.
>
> Can anyone offer any hints as to how I can correct whatever
> installation error I made?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> StarLost
>