[Wine] Re: winecfg and notepad hangs when first start up

Hong Chin Siong cshong_sg at yahoo.com.sg
Mon Mar 19 00:52:11 CDT 2007


Hi Jacky,

jacky11287 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Hong,
> 
>> I reinstalled FC6 on another hard disk and this time WINE works! Tried by
>> not installing Wine from the CD, but add it later via the web (CD version
>> is 0.9.24, web version now is 0.9.27.
> 
> Do you using yum or source compilation? I did compiled wine 0.9.27 from
> the source and get the mentioned error. If you used yum, would you
> please post the yum command here for me to try?
> 

I use the Add/Remove Software utility under KDE. Not running from console.

>> Anyway OpenSUSE is not dual boot friendly, I failed to install it on a
>> dual boot system, it messed up with the MBR and no matter what I did
>> (tried LILO and GRUB) to recover the boot menu, it never appear but show
>> "Missing Operating System". Like a bugs somewhere. So I am forced to use
>> FC6.....
> 
> That's too bad, I am not quite farmiliar with MBR, anyway I guess would
> be the MBR is corrupt, I encountered the similar problem before with
> the dual of Windows and FC. I final use the tools called "spfdisk" (a
> well-unkown boot utility) with the command:
> 
> "spfdisk /mbr" to fix my the MBR sector, anyway hope it help~~~
> 

Luckily I know how an MBR works and a simple DOS FDISK /MBR command will
bring back my WinXP.

>> Best regards,
>> Chin Siong.
>>
>> jacky11287 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Hong,
>> >
>> > I am also new to FC6 too, but I feel strange that ATI and nVidia both
>> > doesn't be supported in FC6? Since at home, I also installed FC6 with
>> > nVidia Geforce 7300Le, FC6 can found the display card and installed
>> > (unless it is fake driver).
>> >
>> > I will try to see it is the problem of KDE or GNOME~~~I will also try
>> > SUSE as well.
>> >
>> > Hope can get a suitable answer anyway~~~
>> >
>> > Thank you very much
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely,
>> > Jacky Chan
>> >
>> > Hong Chin Siong 寫道:
>> >
>> >> Hi Jacky,
>> >>
>> >> I don't know if Wine can't work in FC6, from what I see is such.
>> >>
>> >> In fact I am new to FC and decided to install it as it is from Red
>> >> Hat, but now discovered they do not support ATI and nVidia cards well.
>> >> I would say the driver support not good. I have used Mandrake and
>> >> Knoppix before they are ok.
>> >>
>> >> I am running KDE, all the developments are installed.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway I think Mandrake (now changed to Mandriva?) and OpenSUSE are
>> >> more user friendlier.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Chin Siong.
>> >>
>> >> jacky11287 at gmail.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi Hong,
>> >> >
>> >> > That's great to get you back and knowing you eventually got success
>> >> > in OpenSUSE.
>> >> > Although wine0.9.27 works in OpenSUSE 10.2, I am not to swith to
>> >> > suse. As I know, OpenSuse prefer KDE.
>> >> > As your understanding, wine 0.9.27 not works in FC6 is that the
>> >> > problem of KDE and GNOME? Are you using KDE, and all the KDE-devels
>> >> > are installed or not?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you very much~~~
>> >> >
>> >> > Hong Chin Siong 寫道:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi jacky,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've installed OpenSUSE 10.2 tonight and immediately install Wine
>> >> >> 0.9.27, it works perfectly.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Not sure if it is FC6 driver issue.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I will switch to OpenSUSE anyway as I find that it runs better on a
>> >> >> PIII 1GHz than FC6 on a P4 1.7GHz!
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> jacky11287 at gmail.com wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Hi Hong,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thank you very much for your sharing...I am looking forward to
>> >> >> > your reply...
>> >> >> > But is it related to the graphics display driver? Actually I
>> >> >> > installed Intel 82845 Graphics driver before.....
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > And how about the KDE session?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I am sure it really related or not~~~
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Have a nice day~~~
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Hong Chin Siong 寫道:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I am having the same problem here, on ATI/nVidia on i845
>> >> >> >> chipset.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I will be installing OpenSUSE soon to test if it is due to FC6.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> jacky11287 at gmail.com wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Dears,
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I am just newbie to this, and I just installed wine-0.9.25
>> >> >> >> > from yum in FC6.
>> >> >> >> > GNOME as desktop session, and I have checked
>> >> >> >> > "libgnome-devel.i386 " has been installed.
>> >> >> >> > My machine is DELL GX620 Intel i845G chipset.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > But I cannot run the winecfg and even notepad, since they just
>> >> >> >> > start up and show me the frame but nothing inside the frame
>> >> >> >> > (should be the background on your desktop). It could hardly
>> >> >> >> > for me to explain the situation rather than using a
>> >> >> >> > screenshot...
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Dears can refer to the following links:
>> >> >> >> > http://home.macau.ctm.net/~kei11287/errorWinecfg.png
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Looking forward to your reply!!
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