Re: Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-09 Thread Beartooth
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:23:24 +1000, Tom \spot\ Callaway wrote: [] FWIW, newer Garmin GPS units don't use a serial port anymore, they act like USB Mass Storage Devices, with a special folder layout. Yes, since you mention it, I had noticed that -- been waiting for it, in

Re: Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-08 Thread Beartooth
On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:58:10 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: That was my point. I've had success with many simple apps under wine. A few more complex ones. Overall I would say mixed results. So, I'm not sure I'd expect something like Garmin MapSource to runand I'm not sure I'd expect many

Re: Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-08 Thread Tom spot Callaway
On 11/09/2009 03:15 AM, Beartooth wrote: Meanwhile, of course, Wine has grown and developed mightily -- though anything using a serial port, as my Garmin GPSs all do, has always lagged behind. FWIW, newer Garmin GPS units don't use a serial port anymore, they act like USB Mass Storage

Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-07 Thread Beartooth
I'm running Garmin Mapsource in Wine under F11. When I clicked on Help and told it to check for updates, it did downloads of 6.15.6.0 for about a minute, then popped up another window telling me to click on an Install button -- but Wine or Fedora 11 or something fails to

Re: Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-07 Thread Ed Greshko
Beartooth wrote: I'm running Garmin Mapsource in Wine under F11. When I clicked on Help and told it to check for updates, it did downloads of 6.15.6.0 for about a minute, then popped up another window telling me to click on an Install button -- but Wine or Fedora 11 or

Re: Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-07 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:30:34 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: Is every Windows app known to work with wine? Every app I've ever tried has NOT worked. I often wonder what I'm doing wrong. One thing I see a lot is that using the scrollbar appears to run the scrolled contents through a shredder. Dragging

Re: Wine or Fedora display problem?

2009-11-07 Thread Ed Greshko
Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:30:34 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: Is every Windows app known to work with wine? Every app I've ever tried has NOT worked. I often wonder what I'm doing wrong. One thing I see a lot is that using the scrollbar appears to run the scrolled