wine-bugs October 2005

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[Bug 2619] Unable to run setup.exe for Nokia Multimedia Converter 2.0 under Wine.
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2619 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL|http://www.toddallen.org/nMM|http://www.forum.nokia.com/m |Converter_v2_0.zip |ain/0,,034-63,00.html Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever Confirmed| |1 Keywords| |download, NoAppDBEntry ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:27 ------- - Updating the download location - Adding download keyword - Adding noAppDBEntry keyword - Testing using Wine_CVS: doesn't install No error message in the console. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2621] MSMoney terminates with apparently security-related 73 (X_GetImage) error
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2621 ------- Additional Comments From jgomberg(a)pacbell.net 2005-02-10 10:24 ------- Yes, it is working for me with the latest fc4 rpm of 20050524. I have compiled later snapshots for my x86_64 version and msmoney does not work on them. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 3207] no sound in Guitar Pro 4.1
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3207 ------- Additional Comments From titan.costa(a)wanadoo.fr 2005-02-10 10:24 ------- The demo version crashes on my box with current CVS (A stack corruption I guess). Do you have any particular settings? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2628] Cannot unmount cdrom during Call of Duty installation, must manually sym link to install
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2628 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OtherBugsDependingO| |1434 nThis| | Severity|blocker |minor Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |ABANDONED ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:19 ------- If Tony Lampregts solution doesn't work, please follow the instructions you'll find here to install this game: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=1812 Please reopen the bug if you stillhave issues. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2621] MSMoney terminates with apparently security-related 73 (X_GetImage) error
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2621 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:16 ------- This seems to work using current Wine version, can you please re-test it and report back ? You can find useful informations about MS Money 2004 on Wine here: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=2728 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2082] running Diablo v1.09 results in black screen..
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2082 ------- Additional Comments From pq(a)iki.fi 2005-02-10 10:13 ------- I have tested this and seen this problem with several versions of Wine. Despite the "black screen in menus" bug I had been nicely playing Diablo with Wine 20050725 and 20050628 at least, version 20050830 had some trouble I can not remember anymore. These were all Gentoo packaged Wine snapshot releases. I took the CVS version and tested it twice, dates and reports follow. The CVS version works just like 20050628, except the CVS version prints some information. ----------- Wine from the CVS Sep 27, 2005. Immediately after starting: pq@daedalus $ bin/wine 'D:/pelit/Diablo-wine/Diablo.exe' fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel (0x7fdffb48)->(0x10022,00000013) fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_desktop_SetCurrentMode Cannot change screen BPP from 32 to 8 fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_desktop_SetCurrentMode Cannot change screen BPP from 32 to 8 fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_DDHAL_CreatePalette stub fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_WaitForVerticalBlank (0x7fdffb48)->(flags=0x00000001,handle=(nil)) The "Blizzard" movie plays ok. After that, black screen. Music plays ok. Main menu responds to keyboard, screen stays black. Starting a game by pressing 'enter' three times. Music indicates game started, but screen stays black. Printed dozens of times the line: fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_WaitForVerticalBlank (0x7fdffb48)->(flags=0x00000001,handle=(nil)) Clicking the game screen makes it appear and draw correctly. The game is now completely playable, until you try to go back to the pre-game menus, then screen becomes black again, but keyboard and sounds respond as they should. After quitting Diablo, the window disapperas, but Wine stays running, not releasing the terminal it was run from, until Ctrl+c. ------------------ Wine from the CVS, Oct 2, 2005 Works exactly like Sep 27 CVS version, except the address in the output is 0x7fdffb70 instead of 0x7fdffb48. ------------------ System information: Gentoo Linux pq@daedalus $ xdpyinfo name of display: :0.0 version number: 11.0 vendor string: Gentoo (The X.Org Foundation 6.8.2, revision r4-0.1.10.2) vendor release number: 60802000 X.Org version: 6.8.2 ... default screen number: 0 number of screens: 2 screen #0: dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (339x271 millimeters) resolution: 96x96 dots per inch depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 root window id: 0x14c depth of root window: 24 planes number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x20 default number of colormap cells: 256 preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215 options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO ... Linux 2.6.12.6 #1 Sun Sep 4 15:58:14 EEST 2005 i686 nvidia binary drivers version 1.0.7167 I tested with 16 bit depth, same behaviour (cannot change from 16 to 8 BPP). I could not test with 8 bit depth as the nVidia drivers apparently refuse to cooperate. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2623] UDM_SETACCEL not handled correctly
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2623 ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:11 ------- Can you please report back after having tested it using current Wine ? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 3423] Wine Crashes executing Steam
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3423 vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever Confirmed| |1 ------- Additional Comments From vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com 2005-02-10 10:11 ------- Looks like the only way to make it work ATM is to use native shdocvw & shlwapi. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2624] Bitmap doesn't get drawn in dialog box
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2624 ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:10 ------- Can you please test it under recent Wine and report back ? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2625] wine client error:4d4: write: Bad file descriptor for running Call To Power II
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2625 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OtherBugsDependingO| |1434 nThis| | ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:10 ------- Can you please test it under recent Wine ? Other people seem to be running this game under Wine just fine. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 3464] DosDefineDevice breaking mapping to unix folders
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3464 ------- Additional Comments From titan.costa(a)wanadoo.fr 2005-02-10 10:07 ------- It's seems there are several versions of Myst. The readme file says it's Myst 1.0.3. Anyway, this is obvious than DosDefineDevice does not do the right thing and it is not specific to this game. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2627] crash at application start
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2627 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |ABANDONED ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:07 ------- This bug has been abandoned because there are not enough informations to investigate. If you still encountering this bug, please reopen it and give us more informations (don't forget to test the bug using a recent Wine version). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 3464] DosDefineDevice breaking mapping to unix folders
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3464 ------- Additional Comments From titan.costa(a)wanadoo.fr 2005-02-10 10:02 ------- For those interesting in this issue here what happend to my drive symlinks. Btw, the app is none other that Myst. Before launching Myst: lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 8 mai 1 2004 a:: -> /dev/fd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 5 sep 3 23:29 c: -> /wine/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com1 -> /dev/ttyS0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com2 -> /dev/ttyS1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com3 -> /dev/ttyS2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com4 -> /dev/modem lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 sep 3 23:29 d: -> /mnt/win_c/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 sep 3 23:29 e: -> /mnt/win_d/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 sep 3 23:29 f: -> /mnt/win_e/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 12 déc 31 2004 g: -> /mnt/graveur/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 9 fév 26 2005 g:: -> /dev/scd1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 sep 3 23:30 h: -> /mnt/cdrom/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 9 mai 19 2004 h:: -> /dev/scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 24 sep 7 10:38 i: -> /home/titan/winecvs/wine/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 17 sep 13 21:56 j: -> /home/titan/files/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 8 mar 20 2004 lpt1 -> /dev/lp0 After: lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 8 mai 1 2004 a:: -> /dev/fd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 3 sep 25 11:16 c: -> D:/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com1 -> /dev/ttyS0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com2 -> /dev/ttyS1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com3 -> /dev/ttyS2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 mar 20 2004 com4 -> /dev/modem lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 3 sep 25 11:16 d: -> E:/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 3 sep 25 11:16 e: -> F:/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 3 sep 25 11:16 f: -> G:/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 12 déc 31 2004 g: -> /mnt/graveur/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 9 fév 26 2005 g:: -> /dev/scd1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 10 sep 3 23:30 h: -> /mnt/cdrom/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 9 mai 19 2004 h:: -> /dev/scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 3 sep 25 11:16 i: -> J:/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 3 sep 25 11:16 j: -> K:/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 titan titan 8 mar 20 2004 lpt1 -> /dev/lp0 I don't why Myst does this but it breaks all my drives assignement. This means DosDefineDevice is broken. For now, I just disable DosDefineDevice because I don't know how to fix it, I guess it is more Alexandre's area. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2058] Divide By Zero crash on startup of Quicken Deluxe 7.5
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2058 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |ABANDONED ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 10:01 ------- People at the AppDB have this version working AFTER the bug was filled (http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=1785) and reporter didn't show up since one year and a half, so closing as abandoned. If this bug still occurs in current Wine version, please reopen. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 3464] New: DosDefineDevice breaking mapping to unix folders
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3464 Summary: DosDefineDevice breaking mapping to unix folders Product: Wine Version: CVS Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-kernel AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org ReportedBy: titan.costa(a)wanadoo.fr It seems there is something wrong with DosDefineDevice. If we consider a drive declared as F: -> /mnt/win_e Remapping the drive F: to G: with this function leads to F: -> G: with G: non defined. This makes, in my case, my app to break all my drives assignement. It's seems the code lacks a level of inderection as shown below: Logical drive -> Real drive -> unix dir -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 761] Window computation is wrong
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761 ------- Additional Comments From us(a)edmeades.me.uk 2005-02-10 09:58 ------- Lionel - Are you sure? :-) I tried the installer and the panel for the main game, and its exceedingly slow, but does come up eventually (about 1 min for me). I dont know why there's such a slow performance (but i havent tried it under windows either...) but I'm not sure its the same problem as originally reported. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 1248] fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248 ------- Additional Comments From titan.costa(a)wanadoo.fr 2005-02-10 09:55 ------- Yeah! Doesn't.... Sorry! :-) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 717] StarCraft Icons not created by wineshelllink
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=717 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 09:42 ------- Molle Bestefich wrote: Bug seems fixed in CVS HEAD, the StarCraft installer now creates icons just fine. In addition, the game can now switch correctly to fullscreen mode, which leads to the mouse cursor not "running invisibly out of the game area", so to speak. Kudos! Music and sound effects work less-than perfect (scratching, premature end of sample playback). I haven't tested multiplayer modes. Bug closed. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

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[Bug 1434] Get games working perfectly (metabug)
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434 Bug 1434 depends on bug 717, which changed state. Bug 717 Summary: StarCraft Icons not created by wineshelllink http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=717 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 709] riched32.dll needs to be improved a lot (was: Richedit does not handle input with PTE)
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709 ------- Additional Comments From wdev(a)foltman.com 2005-02-10 09:41 ------- Now a surprise. While I've fixed the bug that prevents the first screen from being displayed, the installer breaks with the same type of error on third (or so) screen - *regardless* if I'm using native or builtin version of riched32/riched20. The bug was in EM_LINELENGTH handler, and is fixed by replacing the corresponding if statement in editor.c by: if (item_end) nNextLineOfs = ME_CharOfsFromRunOfs(editor, ME_FindItemFwd(item_end, diRun), 0); else nNextLineOfs = ME_FindItemFwd(item, diParagraphOrEnd)->member.para.nCharOfs-(editor->bEmulateVersion10?2:1); I'll send a patch once the previous one gets accepted. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

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[Bug 1248] fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248 jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Additional Comments From jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch 2005-02-10 09:40 ------- >This bug appears only on 7.1 client that can't be run anymore and new 7.5 client >does show this problem. I guess you meant doesn't show this problem ? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 1973] Bug in StretchDIBits with biBitCount=32
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1973 Bug 1973 depends on bug 1248, which changed state. Bug 1248 Summary: fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 1772] fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel (0x40586b80)->(00010021, 00000011 )
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1772 Bug 1772 depends on bug 1248, which changed state. Bug 1248 Summary: fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 1424] Get native windows programs (that comes with the windows installtion) work (metabug)
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424 Bug 1424 depends on bug 1248, which changed state. Bug 1248 Summary: fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 2398] Application interface (LightWave 3D) completely unusable
by Wine Bugs 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2398 ------- Additional Comments From phil(a)ldex.terica.net 2005-02-10 09:38 ------- Where to start? :) First off, if any major change is implemented that will probably or definitely cause widespread regressions, it is arguable that the policy should be to have a legacy switch until the new system has been tested and fixed. Shipping a broken implementation with no fallback is bad practice and actively prevents me from testing new Wine releases, bug fixes or not. Note that this also addresses the 'upgrade or we don't support you' point made by James Hawkins : I cannot test because the app is completely unusable as a result of this all-or-nothing approach. I reported the issue as soon as I was aware of it and spent a good deal of time finding out what patch broke the system (I suspect many would not have bothered). Those with the intimate knowledge of Wine haven't been able to fix it yet, for one reason or another (motivation strikes me as a troublesome reason, given the size and impact of this problem, but I don't question it). That leaves me out in the cold. I simply don't have time to learn how to hack on Wine - my days are very busy with RL stuff (especially at the moment) - and even if I could, those who wrote the code are likely in a better position to fix it or provide a fallback method. Without wanting to appear obnoxious, the delay on getting a fix to this issue also impacts my willingness to test new releases. This issue remains in place 8 months after it was reported and very close to a 1.0 release. What purpose testing and reporting bugs if the result is no change? I appreciate that volunteers are working on the code and have in fact a current license for CodeWeavers CXO product. CodeWeavers wash their hands of the problem because this isn't a supported app; in fact with the previous code it could very well have been and I could have easily demonstrated this. Right now, though, this single issue is preventing that. Volunteers are not obliged to fix this either, I know. I'm not saying that they should, but am making the case for a policy change to implement compatibility switch in order to prevent this kind of major breakage being a blocker in future. I activate the compatibility switch and can immediately upgrade Wine without losing my ability to use apps that worked before; I can still test the new code by removing the compatiblity switch. Easy, effective and painless for almost everyone. Lionel, I'm afraid your reply makes the case for a compatibility policy for major changes. I'm relying on your level of motivation for a fix. It's therefore completely open-ended in terms of when a fix might be implemented, if at all. That's entirely your right as a contributor, but doesn't help any of those folks affected by this change. Your code ends up being untested because either the users go back to Windows (possibly swearing off Wine for life - worse still if they were developers looking at Wine for making a linux release of their app) or they run an old version of Wine. Wine is a major part of the linux desktop scenario and it needs to be reliable (even as alpha software) and reasonably well planned. Until this issue, for me it was. If you cannot find the motivation to fix it, some wider publicity of the problem would perhaps be beneficial - maybe someone else can fix it. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

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wine-bugs October 2005