I have just RPMed wine-20020512-1.i386.rpm and attempted to run several WIN programs (to wit: sol.exe and a proprietary package). Both fail. I am including the entire run/error message from my attempt to run sol.exe below. Being new to WINE, I have no idea where to begin to find the problem. I have annotated the error message with notes. All notes are separated by a
<NOTE - TEXT> then a CR and follows the line(s) that the NOTE applies to.
[root@localhost root]# wine /mnt/windows/windows/system32/sol.exe <NOTE - This is the command line entry >
err:reg:_convert_win95_registry_to_wine_format unable to load native win95 registry file C:\WINDOWS\system.dat: unknown signature. err:reg:_convert_win95_registry_to_wine_format Unable to load native win95 registry file C:\WINDOWS\system.dat. err:reg:_convert_win95_registry_to_wine_format Please report to a.mohr@mailto.de. err:reg:_convert_win95_registry_to_wine_format Make a backup of the file, run a good reg cleaner program and try again! <NOTE - The SYSTEM.DAT file located in the windows SUBDIR was exported from regedit.exe. This is from a WIN2K OS >
fixme:win32:PE_CreateModule Security directory ignored <NOTE - I assume this is a FIXME in the SRC>
err:font:AddFontFileToList Unable to load font file "/mnt/windows/windows/Fonts/desktop.ini" err = 55 <NOTE - This file exists in the proper location so what is the error?>
err:font:AddFontFileToList Already loaded font L"Garamond" L"Bold" err:font:AddFontFileToList Already loaded font L"Garamond" L"Italic" err:font:AddFontFileToList Already loaded font L"Garamond" L"Regular"
err:font:AddFontFileToList Unable to load font file "/mnt/windows/windows/Fonts/modern.fon" err = 2 err:font:AddFontFileToList Unable to load font file "/mnt/windows/windows/Fonts/mtsorts.ttf" err = 2 err:font:AddFontFileToList Unable to load font file "/mnt/windows/windows/Fonts/roman.fon" err = 2 err:font:AddFontFileToList Unable to load font file "/mnt/windows/windows/Fonts/script.fon" err = 2 <NOTE - These files exist so why are they able to be loaded?>
X Error of failed request: XF86DGANoDirectVideoMode Major opcode of failed request: 136 (XFree86-DGA) Minor opcode of failed request: 22 (XDGAOpenFramebuffer) Serial number of failed request: 181 Current serial number in output stream: 181 <NOTE - What does this indicate?>
I am trying to come up to speed on the use of WINE but, as everyone knows, the documentation is a little light as is the commenting of the source code. If someone could please head me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.
Once I have gained some additional expertise in WINE I will use my 15+ years of Windows development experience and knowledge to try and resolve some of the issues and bugs that are reported. This may take me several more weeks.
I am also intending to write a technical book on WINE so will submit chapters for review to the community as the become available. Much of the information will deal with the issues the I, as a newbie, am encountering.
I await the response.
Crispen Scott
BTW: I downloaded the source for 20020804 and, after fixing several build related problems (incorrect build order, root objections, & eliminating programs with build problems I couldn't readily resolve, i.e. widl), I had even worse problems with trying to get that version of wine to run. That is why I reverted to the latest RPM version. Some of the problems with the 20020804 build might be resolved after I see the answers to the problems I stated above.
I am excited about becoming an integral part of this community but need some start-up help! Thanks!
-- Crispen Scott Engineer - Software Astronautics.com 4115 Teutonia Road Milwaukee, WI 53209 Tel: 414-447-8200 x4434 C.Scott@Astronautics.com