appdb/help generic.help
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wineowner at wine.codeweavers.com
Tue Dec 26 21:10:53 CST 2006
ChangeSet ID: 30820
CVSROOT: /opt/cvs-commit
Module name: appdb
Changes by: wineowner at winehq.org 2006/12/26 21:10:53
Modified files:
help : generic.help
Log message:
Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes <alex at thehandofagony.com>
- Fix the ancient use of --debugmsg
- Add an explanation for how to run a program with Wine
- Refer users with sound problems to winecfg
Patch: http://cvs.winehq.org/patch.py?id=30820
Old revision New revision Changes Path
1.10 1.11 +3 -2 appdb/help/generic.help
Index: appdb/help/generic.help
diff -u -p appdb/help/generic.help:1.10 appdb/help/generic.help:1.11
--- appdb/help/generic.help:1.10 27 Dec 2006 3:10:53 -0000
+++ appdb/help/generic.help 27 Dec 2006 3:10:53 -0000
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ for a certain program doesn't exist.
</ul>
<p>
-<li> Run your program</li><p>
+<li> Run your program (something like ‘wine yourprogram.exe’, or tell your file manager to open .exe files with 'wine').</li><p>
<li> If it gives an error about missing files, or does not start at all, try running it from the directory where it was installed.</li><p>
<li> Many newer games contain copy protection, which is often not supported in Wine. Cracks are available from sites such as <a href="http://www.megagames.com/trainers.html" target="_blank">MegaGames</a>.</li><p>
<li> In case of failure, try different builtin, native DLL settings:
-Run Wine with --debugmsg +loaddll to find out which
+Run Wine with ‘WINEDEBUG=+loaddll wine yourprogram.exe’ to find out which
DLLs are loaded as native or builtin.
Then make sure appropriate native versions are in the
c:\windows\system32 directory as configured in Winecfg’s DLL overrides tab. There are four options you can choose from when setting
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ dll overrides.</li><p>
(builtin)
</pre>
+<li> For sound problems, run ‘winecfg’ and look at the audio tab.</li><p>
<li> In case of persisting failure, you may want to read over the
<a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/documentation">Wine Documentation</a>
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