[Wine] re: Help installing application

[M Thompson]

I sent the wrong file.  Sorry. I'll send right one.

On 7/7/07, M Thompson <mexbeachbum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!  Rahyen: the commands you gave me were right on.  I just failed to
> execute them properly - sorry still learning:)
>
> To answer your questions:
>
> (1) My printer is supported by linux.  I can even print photos just not
> very good quality.  I am trying to see if this software will help (I had to
> use the software on XP too to get the best quality-ridiculous I know).
>
> (2) When I run wine notepad and try to print.  Nothing happens.  I have
> attached  var/log/cups/error_log but I have no terminal output to offer.  Is
> there a command I could run when I try to print?
>
> (3) I really would like for this software to work but it is definitely not
> necessary although I may try  VMWare or QEmu.  Wine was just the first I
> researched and decided to try.  Honestly, I am trying everything I can think
> of before I just give up and buy an HP all-in-one (if I can find one that
> works PERFECTLY in Linux - no offense).  If I can make either of these
> things happen, I won't even need access to a Windows box, much less a box of
> my own.  I really like Linux - I just miss some printer functionality and it
> really is a Canon issue, not a linux issue.   Not a huge deal but the
> printer is only six months old and was a good buy at the time.  Honestly, I
> am going to be floored completely if I can make this work.  There will be no
> end to the dancing, laughing, beer buying etc.....
>
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> On 7/6/07, L. Rahyen <research at science.su> wrote:
> >
> >         You shouldn't use USB device directly. You should use CUPS
> > subsystem only to
> > print from WINE. As I said earler if device isn't supported by the Linux
> > you
> > cannot use it under WINE (only exception is tty or usb-tty devices). Try
> > to
> > run:
> >
> > wine notepad
> >
> >         And try to print something. If this works then everything is OK.
> > If it
> > doesn't then ask for farther help and don't forget to post the terminal
> > output.
> >         If NotePad works and your program do not work then there is
> > chances it cannot
> > work with Windows *printer* and want to work with Windows *device*
> > directly
> > instead. If you really need this then you can try VMWare (not-free) or
> > QEmu
> > (free) instead of WINE.
> >
> > On Saturday July 7 2007 03:20, M Thompson wrote:
> > > According to lpinfo -v, my printer is "direct usb://Canon/MP600".  How
> > do I
> > > link this to my .wine/dosdevices?
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > On 7/6/07, M Thompson < mexbeachbum at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > THANK YOU SO MUCH - IT WORKED!!
> > > >
> > > > But, the program can't see my printer.  I think I have to create a
> > > > symlink in my ~/.wine/dosdevices.  I read the Sec. 3.3 in the Wine
> > manual
> > > > but I still can't figure out exactly how to do this.  How do I
> > determine
> > > > the name of my device as seen by Ubuntu/my program or do I just say
> > > > "canon mp 600"? I know the sample command is "ln -s /dev/lp0 lpt 1"
> > > > according to the manual. But, I'm having trouble making sense of
> > this
> > > > part.  Sorry about that but can someone guide me?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much AGAIN!  This is so cool!
> > > >
> > > > On 7/6/07, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> > > > > M. wrote:
> > > > > > melanie at atlasinstall:~$ mv home/melanie/.wine
> > > > >
> > > > > home/melanie/.wine.old
> > > > >
> > > > > > mv: cannot stat `home/melanie/.wine': No such file or directory
> > > > >
> > > > > You are missing a slash.  Should have been
> > > > > $ cd ~
> > > > > $ mv .wine .wine.old
> > > > >
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