New user/developer has questions ...

[Medland, Bill]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crispen Scott [mailto:C.Scott at astronautics.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:56 AM
> To: wine-devel at winehq.com
> 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 at 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 at 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 >

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
> C.Scott at Astronautics.com
> 

What is your environment; you shouldn't have had all those build problems.

Bill