> -----Original Message----- > From: Crispen Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: New user/developer has questions ... > > > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 >
That's your mistake. You shouldn't export it. reg_convert_win95_registry_to_wine_format actually reads the files that store a Win95 registry (the actual files, not exports). > > fixme:win32:PE_CreateModule Security directory ignored > <NOTE - I assume this is a FIXME in the SRC> True > > 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?> I don't know the font stuff; someone else maybe will help here. > > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > What is your environment; you shouldn't have had all those build problems. Bill
