[Wine] newbie Question

Rem P Roberti rem at remdog.net
Sun Jan 11 16:56:52 CST 2009


> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Rem P Roberti <rem at remdog.net> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Everyone.  I'm new to using Wine and haven't been able to successfully
>> install a Windows program yet.  I have Wine installed on a FreeBSD machine.
>>  My only attempt at an installation so far has been to try and install
>> Photoshop Elements 4.0. I run "/cdrom wine Setup.exe" frome the command
>> line, and the installation wizard appears and proceeds normally until
>> "finish".  At that point a Photoshop icon has been placed on the desktop.
>>  When I click on the icon the welcome screen appears and asks me which
>> feature of the program I want to use.  When I click on any of the choices
>> another screen appears which is totally white, and that's as far as it gets.
>>  I have tried the installation on a couple of occasions, but the end result
>> is always the same.  The program just won't load.  I have the feeling that
>> this is pilot error, but I'm not sure what to try next.  Any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Rem
>>
>>
>>     
>
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16023
>
>   
Thanks for the thread.  It looks like a dead end for me at this stage, 
but I'll keep monitoring the situation.

Rem



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