[Wine] vm86 mode is not supported

[Austin English]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:27 PM, hbar <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> Greetings humans, first post alert.
>
> I've used the search to no avail...I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 on an AMD64.  I have Wine version 1.1.22, and it seems to have installed ok.  I can run winecfg no problem, and also notepad from the applications menu, which is really the only test I know how to do.
>
> I've got a piece of software called PL/SQL Developer, which is in the apps db and looks to work.  I've also seen on their user forum where people have it working, no problem.  But when I try to install, I get this:
>
>
> Code:
>
> cnelson at pcda5561:~/Desktop$ wine plsqldev715.exe
> wine: Cannot start DOS application "E:\\home\\cnelson\\Desktop\\plsqldev715.exe"
>      because vm86 mode is not supported on this platform.
> cnelson at pcda5561:~/Desktop$

You're trying to run a 16-bit application on a 64-bit OS. Your kernel
lacks vm86 support. Try on a 32-bit OS.

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-Austin