http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8332
--- Comment #18 from fracting fracting@gmail.com 2011-08-28 05:07:08 CDT --- (In reply to comment #17)
Thanks Juan! I found the workaround from the Wine FAQ: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-acdec646b6720354c020ba88d88e3102576e6a63
--- 6.9.4. Failed to use ICMP (network ping), this requires special permissions On *NIX systems ICMP ping requires use of raw sockets, which is limited to super user (root) only. And running Wine as root is a bad idea. Fortunately newer versions of Linux allow granular permission control to grant only required permissions to specified files. To allow Wine opening raw sockets run this command: sudo setcap cap_net_raw+epi /usr/bin/wine-preloader ---
Is it better to make the err message like below ? """ err:winediag:IcmpCreateFile Failed to use ICMP (network ping), this requires special permissions. To allow Wine opening raw sockets run this command: sudo setcap cap_net_raw+epi /usr/bin/wine-preloader """