[Bug 9569] New: automatically set up dosdevices on first run
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 Summary: automatically set up dosdevices on first run Product: Wine Version: 0.9.44. Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: wine-binary AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org ReportedBy: michael.s.gilbert(a)gmail.com it would be very useful for wine to automatically set up all of its dosdevices during its first run (when the .wine directory gets created). the user can manually do this today with the "autodetect" feature under the "drives" tab in winecfg, but it would make a lot of sense to have it done automatically (maybe on subsequent wine runs the devices list should be automatically repopulated if there are changes like a new disk drive). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #1 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 22:25:29 --- That "Autodetect" feature is completely broken. What exactly is that you missing? Wine maps Z: to your root - which gives you full access to anything you have in your system. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|wine-binary |wine-programs --- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 22:26:36 --- Core part of Wine has nothing to do with it. Explorer is the closer place. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #3 from Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert(a)gmail.com> 2007-09-02 22:33:43 --- well, i would expect there to be a unique drive letter for each separate disk partition mounted on the system. for example my /home is a separate partition than /, and i have a second hard disk as well. i also have two dvd drives. i would expect each of them to get a different drive letter assigned automatically without my intervention. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #4 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 22:38:12 --- (In reply to comment #3)
well, i would expect there to be a unique drive letter for each separate disk partition mounted on the system. for example my /home is a separate partition than /, and i have a second hard disk as well. i also have two dvd drives. i You not on windows, that would be major hindrance for any Linux user so that part would be [WONTFIX]
would expect each of them to get a different drive letter assigned automatically without my intervention.
Works perfectly here. What distro? How did you installed Wine? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #5 from Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert(a)gmail.com> 2007-09-02 22:45:55 --- (In reply to comment #4)
well, i would expect there to be a unique drive letter for each separate disk partition mounted on the system. for example my /home is a separate partition than /, and i have a second hard disk as well. i also have two dvd drives.
You not on windows, that would be major hindrance for any Linux user so that part would be [WONTFIX]
the problem is that windows applications on wine don't see the correct free space unless a dosdevice is set up specifically for that partition.
would expect each of them to get a different drive letter assigned automatically without my intervention.
Works perfectly here. What distro? How did you installed Wine?
installed on debian using the deb here http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/index.html. wine did automatically set up dosdevices for c:=/home/user/.wine and z:=/, but did not set up dosdevices for the dvd drives. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #6 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 22:51:20 --- Are you on 64-bit? If so, then you probably missing 32-bit HAL -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #7 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 22:53:39 --- Make sure you have _data_ cd-rom/dvd-rom mounted, and run winecfg with this command: WINEDEBUG=+explorer winecfg Attach output here (as file, do not paste). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #8 from Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert(a)gmail.com> 2007-09-02 23:10:52 --- Created an attachment (id=7939) --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=7939) debug -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #9 from Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert(a)gmail.com> 2007-09-02 23:20:10 --- with a disk mounted, it looks like the one drive was detected twice, and nothing with the other drive. i ended up with a "d:" and a "d::" dosdevice. it seems like i should get the same dosdevices whether or not the disk was mounted, and the d:: seems erroneous. however, this is getting away from the original point of the report, and should probably be filed as a separate bug. the original point was that i think the dosdevices should be automatically set up for all partitions. e.g. h:=/home/user, b:=/boot, g:=/mnt/disk2, a:=/mnt/floppy, etc. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #10 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 23:41:22 --- (In reply to comment #9)
with a disk mounted, it looks like the one drive was detected twice, and nothing with the other drive. i ended up with a "d:" and a "d::" dosdevice. it seems like i should get the same dosdevices whether or not the disk was mounted, and the d:: seems erroneous. Don't assume something you do not know. This is 100% correct. d:: is the device link, d: is the mount pont
however, this is getting away from the original point of the report, and should probably be filed as a separate bug. the original point was that i think the dosdevices should be automatically set up for all partitions. e.g. h:=/home/user, b:=/boot, g:=/mnt/disk2, a:=/mnt/floppy, etc.
No that is not the way it should work. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #11 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-02 23:41:56 --- Closing, invalid/wontfix. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #12 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> 2007-09-03 00:23:06 --- BTW if you really think that this is the way Wine should do it, make and send the patch to wine-patches. There you will have an opportunity for more people to chime in on it. However this proposition was discussed before and was rejected. Thus the resolution of this bug. Also just something for you to think about, how will you handle raid arrays? LVMs? And don't forget the more important question, how will windows programs handle that? Also don't forget about that on windows you can have things like reparse points, or partitions without drive letters assigned to them. And that there are lots of ... outright broken software that wants to scan all fixed drives (just in case) when you start them/install them. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 --- Comment #13 from Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert(a)gmail.com> 2007-09-03 01:05:38 --- (In reply to comment #12)
However this proposition was discussed before and was rejected. Thus the resolution of this bug.
do you have a link to the discussion? i will read up so i can understand the decision.
Also just something for you to think about, how will you handle raid arrays? LVMs? And don't forget the more important question, how will windows programs handle that?
if i remember right, raids can be mounted as one partition (linux), and equivalently as one drive letter (windows). never dealt with an lvm.
Also don't forget about that on windows you can have things like reparse points, or partitions without drive letters assigned to them.
didn't know that. is it necessary to support something so obscure? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9569 Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dank(a)kegel.com --- Comment #14 from Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> 2007-09-04 02:55:14 --- Michael, it *does* already do what you want if HAL is working. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
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