When I install Wine via Linux-Mandrake 8.0 cd number 2, the config file is always missing. Can I change this?
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Shawn Webb wrote:> When I install Wine via Linux-Mandrake 8.0 cd number 2, the config file is > always missing. Can I change this? >You are meant to make a config file to tell Wine where on your Linux filesystem _you_ want it to find what it presents to windows apps as C: and D: and so on, and how _you_ want it to behave. The Wine project provides a sample in <wine>/documentation/samples/config. Mandrake should install that file at /usr/share/doc/wine-*/samples/config (I say wine-* because I don't know what Wine release came with Mandrake 8, only that it is already obsolete.). copy that to ~/.wine/config and edit it to suit. C: can be a directory in an ext2 filesystem, if you like, or it could be the mount point of a real windows partition (the Linux directory where the partition is mounted. "df" to see what is mounted where). If you can't find it, complain to Mandrake. Lawson ---oof--- ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 19:32:01 +0100, Shawn Webb said:> When I install Wine via Linux-Mandrake 8.0 cd number 2, the config file > is always missing. Can I change this?Well you have to make the config file yourself but one should've been dumped on your system when the Mandrake Wine RPM was installed. I don't know where that is (I've only briefly played with Mandrake dists), but you could find out by typing: rpm -ql wine <enter> and looking for the location where it was dumped. Make a ~/.wine folder, copy the config file to it, then edit it with vi, emacs or whatever. There's help in the config file (explaining how to configure), more help to be obtained by typing: man wine <enter> and even more help at the www.winehq.com website. Alternatively, if you want an easy to configure 'Mandrake-esque' (!) version, you could always download the Codeweavers release which does everything for you (although it doesn't get the beer from the fridge).:( The latest Codeweavers Wine release is available from http://wine.codeweavers.com or through a channel on Ximian Red Carpet (if you have Ximian Gnome installed). Good luck. :) -- Lee J. Remove the monarchy to email
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:32:01 -0400, Shawn Webb <swebb417@softhome.net> wrote:>When I install Wine via Linux-Mandrake 8.0 cd number 2, the config file is >always missing. Can I change this?You can download a sample config file from www.winehq.com (see Wine development - source tree browsing - pick one of the 2 cvs repositories - then browse to wine/ documentation/samples/config The file needs tweaking but no more than in most cases with rpm I think. You can also get the full source and compile the thing yourself - recommanded with an alpha software. Gerard