It is possible to run Gothic II using the open source graphics stack, at least with Intel and Radeon cards. The "i965" (Intel GMA X3100) and "r300" (ATi Radeon 9500 - X1950) drivers are reported to work, others will probably work as well, so please test it and leave a comment below.

What you need is S3 Texture Compression (S3TC), a technology covered by a patent which makes things complicated.

What you have to do:

- Get the GUI tool 'driconf'. For examle: 'sudo apt-get install driconf'

- Start 'driconf', either from the console or from an entry in your application menu.

- Find the entry "Enable S3TC texture compression even if software support is not available" and set it to "yes"

- Start Gothic normally and hope that it works flawlessly.

Since mesa-7.11 this should also work with gallium drivers without having a libtxc_dxtn.so.

There are issues, for example, the floor might be invisible. Leave a comment

wine /windows/Program\ Files/Akella\ Games/Gothic\ II/System/Gothic2.exe
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x100778a, 0x100a060, {485e7de8-0a80-11d8-ad15-505054503030}, 1, 0x33fde0, (null), (null), 0x100a068,): stub
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x100778a, 0x100a080, {485e7de9-0a80-11d8-ad15-505054503030}, 1, 0x33fde0, (null), (null), 0x100a088,): stub
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x100778a, 0x100a0a0, {485e7dea-0a80-11d8-ad15-505054503030}, 1, 0x33fde0, (null), (null), 0x100a0a8,): stub
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x100778a, 0x100a0c0, {485e7deb-0a80-11d8-ad15-505054503030}, 1, 0x33fde0, (null), (null), 0x100a0c8,): stub
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x100778a, 0x100a0e0, {485e7dec-0a80-11d8-ad15-505054503030}, 1, 0x33fde0, (null), (null), 0x100a0e8,): stub
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x100778a, 0x100a100, {485e7ded-0a80-11d8-ad15-505054503030}, 1, 0x33fde0, (null), (null), 0x100a108,): stub
fixme:win:RegisterDeviceNotificationW (hwnd=0x12f6d0, filter=0x54e8ec,flags=0x00000001) returns a fake device notification handle!
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00340000 at address 0x4016e9 (thread 0031), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00340000 in 32-bit code (0x004016e9).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:004016e9 ESP:0033ea10 EBP:0033fe70 EFLAGS:00210217(  R- --  I   -A-P-C)
EAX:0033fb20 EBX:00000000 ECX:0000002e EDX:0033fb20
ESI:00340000 EDI:0033ea35
Stack dump:
0x0033ea10:  00401504 7ffdf000 7b89cff4 736e6f63
0x0033ea20:  74732074 676e6972 52494420 4f4f525f
0x0033ea30:  203d2054 002e2e22 00000d3b 00000000
0x0033ea40:  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0033ea50:  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0033ea60:  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Backtrace:
=>0 0x004016e9 in vdfs32g (+0x16e9) (0x0033fe70)
  1 0x7b85bcac call_process_entry+0xb() in kernel32 (0x0033fe88)
  2 0x7b85cf1f in kernel32 (+0x4cf1e) (0x0033fec8)
  3 0x7bc73640 call_thread_func_wrapper+0xb() in ntdll (0x0033fed8)
  4 0x7bc7611d call_thread_func+0x7c() in ntdll (0x0033ffa8)
  5 0x7bc7361e RtlRaiseException+0x21() in ntdll (0x0033ffc8)
  6 0x7bc4a1fe call_dll_entry_point+0x61d() in ntdll (0x0033ffe8)
0x004016e9: cmpb    $0x22,0x0(%esi)
Modules:
Module    Address            Debug info    Name (58 modules)
PE      400000-  403000    Export          vdfs32g
PE     4000000- 401d000    Deferred        vdfs32g
ELF    7b800000-7ba2d000    Dwarf           kernel32<elf>
  \-PE    7b810000-7ba2d000    \               kernel32
ELF    7bc00000-7bcc6000    Dwarf           ntdll<elf>
  \-PE    7bc10000-7bcc6000    \               ntdll
ELF    7bf00000-7bf04000    Deferred        <wine-loader>
ELF    7e1e3000-7e217000    Deferred        uxtheme<elf>
  \-PE    7e1f0000-7e217000    \               uxtheme
ELF    7e217000-7e21d000    Deferred        libxfixes.so.3
ELF    7e21d000-7e228000    Deferred        libxcursor.so.1
ELF    7e2ae000-7e2d6000    Deferred        libexpat.so.1
ELF    7e2d6000-7e30e000    Deferred        libfontconfig.so.1
ELF    7e30e000-7e31e000    Deferred        libxi.so.6
ELF    7e31e000-7e329000    Deferred        libxrandr.so.2
ELF    7e329000-7e333000    Deferred        libxrender.so.1
ELF    7e333000-7e339000    Deferred        libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF    7e339000-7e33d000    Deferred        libxinerama.so.1
ELF    7e33d000-7e344000    Deferred        libxdmcp.so.6
ELF    7e344000-7e366000    Deferred        libxcb.so.1
ELF    7e366000-7e36c000    Deferred        libuuid.so.1
ELF    7e36c000-7e386000    Deferred        libice.so.6
ELF    7e386000-7e4bc000    Deferred        libx11.so.6
ELF    7e4bc000-7e4ce000    Deferred        libxext.so.6
ELF    7e4ce000-7e4d7000    Deferred        libsm.so.6
ELF    7e4d7000-7e560000    Deferred        winex11<elf>
  \-PE    7e4e0000-7e560000    \               winex11
ELF    7e560000-7e579000    Deferred        libz.so.1
ELF    7e579000-7e613000    Deferred        libfreetype.so.6
ELF    7e613000-7e689000    Deferred        rpcrt4<elf>
  \-PE    7e620000-7e689000    \               rpcrt4
ELF    7e689000-7e791000    Deferred        ole32<elf>
  \-PE    7e6a0000-7e791000    \               ole32
ELF    7e791000-7e8a0000    Deferred        oleaut32<elf>
  \-PE    7e7b0000-7e8a0000    \               oleaut32
ELF    7e8ce000-7e9c7000    Deferred        comctl32<elf>
  \-PE    7e8e0000-7e9c7000    \               comctl32
ELF    7e9c7000-7e9e0000    Deferred        version<elf>
  \-PE    7e9d0000-7e9e0000    \               version
ELF    7e9e0000-7ea41000    Deferred        advapi32<elf>
  \-PE    7e9f0000-7ea41000    \               advapi32
ELF    7ea41000-7eb07000    Deferred        gdi32<elf>
  \-PE    7ea50000-7eb07000    \               gdi32
ELF    7eb07000-7ec48000    Deferred        user32<elf>
  \-PE    7eb20000-7ec48000    \               user32
ELF    7ec48000-7ec55000    Deferred        libnss_files.so.2
ELF    7ec55000-7ec6f000    Deferred        libnsl.so.1
ELF    7ec6f000-7ec78000    Deferred        libnss_compat.so.2
ELF    7efbf000-7efeb000    Deferred        libm.so.6
ELF    7eff4000-7f000000    Deferred        libnss_nis.so.2
ELF    b74b0000-b74b4000    Deferred        libxcomposite.so.1
ELF    b74b5000-b74ba000    Deferred        libdl.so.2
ELF    b74ba000-b765f000    Deferred        libc.so.6
ELF    b7660000-b767b000    Deferred        libpthread.so.0
ELF    b767c000-b7680000    Deferred        libxau.so.6
ELF    b7690000-b77d2000    Dwarf           libwine.so.1
ELF    b77d4000-b77f6000    Deferred        ld-linux.so.2
ELF    b77f6000-b77f7000    Deferred        [vdso].so
Threads:
process  tid      prio (all id:s are in hex)
00000008 Gothic2.exe
    0000002f    0
    00000009    0
0000000e services.exe
    00000027    0
    0000001e    0
    00000018    0
    00000017    0
    00000015    0
    00000010    0
    0000000f    0
00000012 winedevice.exe
    0000001c    0
    00000019    0
    00000014    0
    00000013    0
0000001a plugplay.exe
    00000020    0
    0000001d    0
    0000001b    0
00000023 explorer.exe
    00000024    0
00000030 (D) D:\Program Files\Akella Games\Gothic II\System\Vdfs32g.exe
    00000031    0 <==
fixme:ddraw:DirectDrawEnumerateExA flags 0x00000005 not handled
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e810,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e6dc,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e6dc,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:ddraw:ddraw7_Initialize Ignoring guid {aeb2cdd4-6e41-43ea-941c-8361cc760781}.
fixme:ddraw:DirectDrawEnumerateExA flags 0x00000005 not handled
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e858,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e724,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:ddraw:DirectDrawEnumerateExA flags 0x00000007 not handled
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x1265ec0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x1265958,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x1265958,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:ddraw:ddraw7_Initialize Ignoring guid {aeb2cdd4-6e41-43ea-941c-8361cc760781}.
fixme:ddraw:ddraw7_WaitForVerticalBlank iface 0x219338, flags 0x1, event (nil) stub!
fixme:d3d_surface:wined3d_surface_flip Ignoring flags 0x1.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:ddraw:DirectDrawEnumerateExA flags 0x00000005 not handled
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e1ec,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x126e0b8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:wined3d_device_decref Device released with resources still bound, acceptable but unexpected.
fixme:d3d:wined3d_device_decref Leftover resource 0x21c980 with type WINED3D_RTYPE_BUFFER (0x6).
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7bcb2964 "loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 0037, blocked by 0009, retrying (60 sec)
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7bcb2964 "loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 003d, blocked by 0009, retrying (60 sec)
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x273008c "?" wait timed out in thread 0034, blocked by 003d, retrying (60 sec)
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x1763ee8 "?" wait timed out in thread 0035, blocked by 0034, retrying (60 sec)
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00010036 at address 0x10036 (thread 0037), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x02d00850 in 32-bit code (0x6c9adefd).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:6c9adefd ESP:0841e9c0 EBP:0841e9f8 EFLAGS:00210206(  R- --  I   - -P- )
EAX:02d00850 EBX:6c9b97fc ECX:027040e4 EDX:00000000
ESI:02730034 EDI:0273008c
Stack dump:
0x0841e9c0:  02730034 6c9b97f4 7bc351c1 0841e9f8
0x0841e9d0:  00000000 00000014 0273008c 0001fc8c
0x0841e9e0:  0001c914 02cfa3f4 6c9b97fc 6c9b97f4
0x0841e9f0:  6c9b97fc 0841ea10 0841ea10 6c9ae47c
0x0841ea00:  6c9ae4e0 7bca9ff4 7fea4f10 00000000
0x0841ea10:  0841ea18 6c9ae4ed 0841ea28 7bc73640
Backtrace:
=>0 0x6c9adefd in dmsynth (+0xdefd) (0x0841e9f8)
  1 0x6c9ae47c in dmsynth (+0xe47b) (0x0841ea10)
  2 0x6c9ae4ed in dmsynth (+0xe4ec) (0x0841ea18)
  3 0x7bc73640 call_thread_func_wrapper+0xb() in ntdll (0x0841ea28)
  4 0x7bc7611d call_thread_func+0x7c() in ntdll (0x0841eaf8)
  5 0x7bc7361e RtlRaiseException+0x21() in ntdll (0x0841eb18)
  6 0x7bc7c008 in ntdll (+0x6c007) (0x0841f368)
  7 0xb7598d4c start_thread+0xcb() in libpthread.so.0 (0x0841f468)
0x6c9adefd: movl    0x0(%eax),%ecx
Modules:
Module    Address            Debug info    Name (146 modules)
PE      400000-  a67000    Deferred        gothic2
PE     3000000- 300a000    Deferred        bugslayerutil
PE     4000000- 401d000    Deferred        vdfs32g
PE     a930000- a957000    Deferred        shw32
PE    21100000-21164000    Deferred        mss32
PE    22400000-22419000    Deferred        msssoft.m3d
PE    24100000-24124000    Deferred        mssdsp.flt
PE    30000000-30072000    Deferred        binkw32
PE    51080000-510e1000    Deferred        dsound
PE    5c570000-5c5a1000    Deferred        dmime
PE    63420000-6343c000    Deferred        msdbi
PE    6c980000-6c99d000    Deferred        dmusic
PE    6c9a0000-6c9be000    Export          dmsynth
PE    6ca10000-6ca1c000    Deferred        dmloader
PE    6cba0000-6cbb2000    Deferred        dmcompos
PE    71460000-71479000    Deferred        imagehl2
ELF    79b21000-79b37000    Deferred        midimap<elf>
  \-PE    79b30000-79b37000    \               midimap
ELF    79b37000-79b50000    Deferred        msacm32<elf>
  \-PE    79b40000-79b50000    \               msacm32
ELF    79b50000-79cc8000    Deferred        libvorbisenc.so.2
ELF    7a4c9000-7b800000    Deferred        libllvm-3.1.so.1
ELF    7b800000-7ba2d000    Deferred        kernel32<elf>
  \-PE    7b810000-7ba2d000    \               kernel32
ELF    7bb0e000-7bc00000    Deferred        libasound.so.2
ELF    7bc00000-7bcc6000    Dwarf           ntdll<elf>
  \-PE    7bc10000-7bcc6000    \               ntdll
ELF    7be3c000-7beb0000    Deferred        libsndfile.so.1
ELF    7beb0000-7bedd000    Deferred        winealsa<elf>
  \-PE    7bec0000-7bedd000    \               winealsa
ELF    7bedd000-7bf00000    Deferred        mmdevapi<elf>
  \-PE    7bee0000-7bf00000    \               mmdevapi
ELF    7bf00000-7bf04000    Deferred        <wine-loader>
ELF    7bf14000-7bf1b000    Deferred        libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
ELF    7bf1b000-7bf23000    Deferred        libogg.so.0
ELF    7bf23000-7bf73000    Deferred        libflac.so.8
ELF    7bf73000-7bfd7000    Deferred        libpulsecommon-2.1.so
ELF    7bfd7000-7bfdc000    Deferred        libgpg-error.so.0
ELF    7bfdc000-7bff3000    Deferred        libresolv.so.2
ELF    7bff3000-7c03d000    Deferred        libdbus-1.so.3
ELF    7c03d000-7c051000    Deferred        libp11-kit.so.0
ELF    7c051000-7c0d5000    Deferred        libgcrypt.so.11
ELF    7c0d5000-7c0e7000    Deferred        libtasn1.so.3
ELF    7c0e7000-7c0f0000    Deferred        libkrb5support.so.0
ELF    7c0f0000-7c0f5000    Deferred        libcom_err.so.2
ELF    7c0f5000-7c11d000    Deferred        libk5crypto.so.3
ELF    7c11d000-7c1eb000    Deferred        libkrb5.so.3
ELF    7c1eb000-7c1fd000    Deferred        libavahi-client.so.3
ELF    7c1fd000-7c2c1000    Deferred        libgnutls.so.26
ELF    7c2c1000-7c2fe000    Deferred        libgssapi_krb5.so.2
ELF    7c2fe000-7c35c000    Deferred        libcups.so.2
ELF    7c35d000-7c389000    Deferred        libvorbis.so.0
ELF    7c389000-7c393000    Deferred        libwrap.so.0
ELF    7c393000-7c39d000    Deferred        libjson.so.0
ELF    7c39d000-7c3eb000    Deferred        libpulse.so.0
ELF    7c406000-7c419000    Deferred        gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so
ELF    7ca47000-7ca4e000    Deferred        libasyncns.so.0
ELF    7ca51000-7ca55000    Deferred        libkeyutils.so.1
ELF    7d256000-7d288000    Deferred        libtxc_dxtn.so
ELF    7d288000-7d28f000    Deferred        libffi.so.6
ELF    7d28f000-7d2ad000    Deferred        libgcc_s.so.1
ELF    7d396000-7d9d1000    Deferred        r600_dri.so
ELF    7d9d1000-7da2f000    Deferred        libgl.so.1
ELF    7da2f000-7db00000    Deferred        opengl32<elf>
  \-PE    7da50000-7db00000    \               opengl32
ELF    7dc02000-7dc10000    Deferred        libavahi-common.so.3
ELF    7dcae000-7dcba000    Deferred        libdrm_radeon.so.1
ELF    7dd13000-7dd1c000    Deferred        librt.so.1
ELF    7dd1c000-7dd29000    Deferred        libdrm.so.2
ELF    7dd29000-7dd41000    Deferred        libxcb-glx.so.0
ELF    7dd41000-7dd44000    Deferred        libx11-xcb.so.1
ELF    7dd44000-7dd48000    Deferred        libxdamage.so.1
ELF    7dd48000-7dd5e000    Deferred        libglapi.so.0
ELF    7ddb3000-7ddd5000    Deferred        imm32<elf>
  \-PE    7ddc0000-7ddd5000    \               imm32
ELF    7de03000-7de37000    Deferred        uxtheme<elf>
  \-PE    7de10000-7de37000    \               uxtheme
ELF    7de37000-7de3d000    Deferred        libxfixes.so.3
ELF    7de3d000-7de48000    Deferred        libxcursor.so.1
ELF    7dec2000-7deea000    Deferred        libexpat.so.1
ELF    7deea000-7df22000    Deferred        libfontconfig.so.1
ELF    7df22000-7df32000    Deferred        libxi.so.6
ELF    7df32000-7df36000    Deferred        libxcomposite.so.1
ELF    7df36000-7df41000    Deferred        libxrandr.so.2
ELF    7df41000-7df4b000    Deferred        libxrender.so.1
ELF    7df4b000-7df51000    Deferred        libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF    7df51000-7df55000    Deferred        libxinerama.so.1
ELF    7df55000-7df5c000    Deferred        libxdmcp.so.6
ELF    7df5c000-7df7e000    Deferred        libxcb.so.1
ELF    7df7e000-7df84000    Deferred        libuuid.so.1
ELF    7df84000-7df9e000    Deferred        libice.so.6
ELF    7df9e000-7e0d4000    Deferred        libx11.so.6
ELF    7e0d4000-7e0e6000    Deferred        libxext.so.6
ELF    7e0e6000-7e0ef000    Deferred        libsm.so.6
ELF    7e0ef000-7e178000    Deferred        winex11<elf>
  \-PE    7e100000-7e178000    \               winex11
ELF    7e178000-7e191000    Deferred        libz.so.1
ELF    7e191000-7e22b000    Deferred        libfreetype.so.6
ELF    7e22b000-7e24a000    Deferred        libtinfo.so.5
ELF    7e24a000-7e26c000    Deferred        libncurses.so.5
ELF    7e26c000-7e37b000    Deferred        oleaut32<elf>
  \-PE    7e280000-7e37b000    \               oleaut32
ELF    7e37b000-7e3bf000    Deferred        dinput<elf>
  \-PE    7e380000-7e3bf000    \               dinput
ELF    7e3bf000-7e4e8000    Deferred        wined3d<elf>
  \-PE    7e3d0000-7e4e8000    \               wined3d
ELF    7e4e8000-7e54e000    Deferred        ddraw<elf>
  \-PE    7e4f0000-7e54e000    \               ddraw
ELF    7e54e000-7e5dc000    Deferred        msvcrt<elf>
  \-PE    7e560000-7e5dc000    \               msvcrt
ELF    7e5dc000-7e600000    Deferred        iphlpapi<elf>
  \-PE    7e5e0000-7e600000    \               iphlpapi
ELF    7e600000-7e632000    Deferred        ws2_32<elf>
  \-PE    7e610000-7e632000    \               ws2_32
ELF    7e632000-7e64d000    Deferred        wsock32<elf>
  \-PE    7e640000-7e64d000    \               wsock32
ELF    7e64d000-7e746000    Deferred        comctl32<elf>
  \-PE    7e650000-7e746000    \               comctl32
ELF    7e746000-7e76f000    Deferred        msacm32<elf>
  \-PE    7e750000-7e76f000    \               msacm32
ELF    7e76f000-7e7e5000    Deferred        rpcrt4<elf>
  \-PE    7e780000-7e7e5000    \               rpcrt4
ELF    7e7e5000-7e8ed000    Deferred        ole32<elf>
  \-PE    7e800000-7e8ed000    \               ole32
ELF    7e8ed000-7e99b000    Deferred        winmm<elf>
  \-PE    7e8f0000-7e99b000    \               winmm
ELF    7e99b000-7e9b4000    Deferred        version<elf>
  \-PE    7e9a0000-7e9b4000    \               version
ELF    7e9b4000-7ea15000    Deferred        advapi32<elf>
  \-PE    7e9c0000-7ea15000    \               advapi32
ELF    7ea15000-7eadb000    Deferred        gdi32<elf>
  \-PE    7ea20000-7eadb000    \               gdi32
ELF    7eadb000-7ec1c000    Deferred        user32<elf>
  \-PE    7eaf0000-7ec1c000    \               user32
ELF    7ef83000-7ef90000    Deferred        libnss_files.so.2
ELF    7ef90000-7ef9c000    Deferred        libnss_nis.so.2
ELF    7ef9c000-7efb6000    Deferred        libnsl.so.1
ELF    7efb6000-7efbf000    Deferred        libnss_compat.so.2
ELF    7efbf000-7efeb000    Deferred        libm.so.6
ELF    b73e2000-b73e6000    Deferred        libxau.so.6
ELF    b73e7000-b73ec000    Deferred        libdl.so.2
ELF    b73ec000-b7591000    Dwarf           libc.so.6
ELF    b7592000-b75ad000    Dwarf           libpthread.so.0
ELF    b75c2000-b7704000    Dwarf           libwine.so.1
ELF    b7706000-b7728000    Deferred        ld-linux.so.2
ELF    b7728000-b7729000    Deferred        [vdso].so
Threads:
process  tid      prio (all id:s are in hex)
00000008 (D) D:\Program Files\Akella Games\Gothic II\System\Gothic2.exe
    0000003e   15
    0000003d   15 <==
    0000003c   15
    0000003a   15
    00000037    0
    00000036    0
    00000035    1
    00000034   15
    0000002f    0
    00000009    0
0000000e services.exe
    00000027    0
    0000001e    0
    00000015    0
    00000010    0
    0000000f    0
00000012 winedevice.exe
    0000001c    0
    00000019    0
    00000014    0
    00000013    0
0000001a plugplay.exe
    00000020    0
    0000001d    0
    0000001b    0
00000023 explorer.exe
    00000024    0