[Wine] Re: Problems loading iTunes 8.2 despite dbase advising so

[dimesio]

Scunnered wrote:
> dimesio
> 
> Can you please clarify your remark about native browser and then run it in Wine.   Is is not that the function of Wine is to run programmes that run in Windows by providing a platform to let them run within a Linux OS ?
> 
> As I stated this is something new to me but as I am determined to leave Windows behind I want to follow this through.  According to the report by Philipp Weissenbacher it worked for him and on that basis I was prepared to see what it could offer for me.
> 
> I have been messing about with iTunes since I originally posted and find that it appears to accept preference changes that will let me sort material into audio books.  That looks promising but there are times when a box appears advising that a fatal error occurred and everything goes black.
> 
> If you would be as kind as to guide me regarding the browser use it will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanking you for your kind assistance.


Sorry, when you said you were "attempting to download iTunes via Wine,"  I thought you meant you were trying to download the installer  using Wine's browser. Apparently that's not what you meant, and you have already downloaded and installed the app.

As far as tweaking iTunes, I've never used it, so I can't be much help there. I can tell you that the "fatal error" message box means something crashed, and the "everything goes black" is a known bug affecting Quicktime:  http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1347

You can file a bug for the crash, if none of the existing bugs match what you're seeing. http://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=iTunes
You could also try contacting the person who submitted the test report you're basing your assumption that it works on to ask if he used any tweaks that he neglected to mention.