I have downloaded the source (wine-20011004), compiled and installed with ~/wine-20011004/tools/install.sh and am attempting to start running it. My first try, as suggested in the docs, is /windows/sol.exe from a terminal in KDE and the error message I get is: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: I compiled and installed as root - that may have been a mistake. However, I have a /root/.wine subdirectory with config and some other files. I think some obvious step is missing but cannot think of what after reading the various docs several times. My ultimate goal (besides sol.exe!) is to run my dos programs, agent and pmmail. Can you hep me? Larry Alkoff N2LA -- Larry Alkoff N2LA My address is: larryalk is_at mindspring dot com
before root can open a window the user that owns the rights to the display needs to run xhost + localhost. this will give local users, such as root, access to the display. On Sunday 21 October 2001 14:26, you wrote:> I have downloaded the source (wine-20011004), > compiled and installed with ~/wine-20011004/tools/install.sh > and am attempting to start running it. > > > My first try, as suggested in the docs, is /windows/sol.exe > from a terminal in KDE > and the error message I get is: > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > I compiled and installed as root - that may have been a mistake. > However, I have a /root/.wine subdirectory with config and some other > files. > > I think some obvious step is missing but cannot think of what after reading > the various docs several times. > > My ultimate goal (besides sol.exe!) is to run my dos programs, agent and > pmmail. > > Can you hep me? > > Larry Alkoff N2LA
Larry Alkoff <invalid@nowhere.com> wrote:> I have downloaded the source (wine-20011004), > compiled and installed with ~/wine-20011004/tools/install.sh > and am attempting to start running it. > > > My first try, as suggested in the docs, is /windows/sol.exe > from a terminal in KDE > and the error message I get is: > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: >Please ignore the above. It's working now after some changing of permissions. Larry Alkoff -- Larry Alkoff N2LA My address is: larryalk is_at mindspring dot com
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Larry Alkoff wrote:> I have downloaded the source (wine-20011004), > compiled and installed with ~/wine-20011004/tools/install.sh > and am attempting to start running it. >You didn't. There is no such file. If that is a typo for install-sh, there is no way that compiled and installed Wine. Maybe it is a typo for tools/wineinstall? If it is not, go back and innstall Wine with something that does compile and install it, either tools/wineinstall or ./configure && make depend && make && make install.> > My first try, as suggested in the docs, is /windows/sol.exe > from a terminal in KDE > and the error message I get is: > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: >That is not a Wine message, I think.> I compiled and installed as root - that may have been a mistake. > However, I have a /root/.wine subdirectory with config and some other files. >I don't know how you might be doing this by accident, but generally if you start X with startx, only the user who started X is allowed to open the display. root should not do anything it doesn't absolutely have to do anyway. You can copy root's .wine/config to the home directory of the user who started X, you might have to chown it too, so it owns it, and let it try running wine - it should run regapi setValue < <wine>/winedefault.reg first, or copy root's ~/.wine/*.reg files.> I think some obvious step is missing but cannot think of what after reading > the various docs several times. >The doco is all written with the mistaken assumption that wine users know how to work a *nix system. Wine is simply a [big, hairy] *nix X application program.> My ultimate goal (besides sol.exe!) is to run my dos programs, agent and > pmmail. > > Can you hep me? > > Larry Alkoff N2LA >Lawson panic: detected rogue system administrator!! ---cut here ________________________________________________________________ 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, 21 Oct 2001 18:26:44 GMT, Larry Alkoff <invalid@nowhere.com> wrote:>I have downloaded the source (wine-20011004), >compiled and installed with ~/wine-20011004/tools/install.sh >and am attempting to start running it.<snip> The proper tool to use is wineinstall (as said in the README) Gerard
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:00:00 -0400 (EDT), lawson_whitney@juno.com wrote: <snip>>The doco is all written with the mistaken assumption that wine users >know how to work a *nix system.Maybe with this one also :-) "This is still a developers only release." Gerard