[Wine] Wine taking unacceptably long to start up (Fedora 14 x86_64)

[James McKenzie]

On 5/14/11 5:19 PM, Scott5114 wrote:
> jjmckenzie wrote:
>> On 5/14/11 4:54 PM, Scott5114 wrote:
>>
>>> jjmckenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/14/11 6:30 AM, Scott5114 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> jjmckenzie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you open another terminal window and run:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Code:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ps -ef | grep wine
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and advise what you get in return?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James McKenzie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> This is what I get (using `wine cmd`) as a test :
>>>>>
>>>>> Code:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ps -ef | grep wine
>>>>> scott    16247     1  0 May13 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/wineserver
>>>>> scott    16283 16281  0 May13 ?        00:00:00 C:\windows\system32\winedevice.exe MountMgr
>>>>> scott    18853 18611  0 May13 pts/0    00:00:00 wineboot.exe --update
>>>>> scott    24852 20437  0 08:27 pts/4    00:00:00 grep --color=auto wine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> What happens if try with a fresh Wineprefix?
>>>>
>>>> Does the wineboot --update command still hang?
>>>>
>>>> Also, can you issue the following command:
>>>>
>>>> echo $WINEPREFIX
>>>>
>>>> and provide the response.
>>>>
>>>> James McKenzie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> vitamin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In most cases it's caused by a network printer that does not respond. If you have such a printer configured - try removing it. Or make sure it's available. Or you can try stopping cups.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have a network printer. Stopping cups seemed to have no effect.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> This may not be the only reason your boot up is 'hanging'.
>>>>
>>>> James McKenzie
>>>>
>>> Interesting. Echoing $WINEPREFIX doesn't return anything. Should I try setting it to ~/.wine (as that is where I have all my wine programs installed)?
>>>
>>>
>> That is what I expected.  Sometimes folks try to link Wine's 'fake
>> Windows' directories to an actual Windows installation.  Great way to
>> break both Wine and Windows.
>>
>> Do you have ANYTHING that you cannot re-install into Wine?
>>
>> James McKenzie
>
> Nope! If I need to nuke it and start fresh I can do that.
>
Do it.  Your Wine 'fake' Windows directories may be corrupt.

James McKenzie