I am currently running Skype version 1.3 on a Linux Mandriva 2006 system. It works well, but the Windows version is really superior, supporting several interesting features missing from the Linux version. So I tried to use wine for that. I am not familiar with wine (never need Windows programs, really) and I tried to use what had been installed by Mandriva. Testing wine, it's all right with the preconfigured programs I can access from the wine menu. Trying to use Skype, i get some error messages: fixme:actctx:QueryActCtxW stub! fixme:commctrl:InitCommonControlsEx Unknown class! dwICC=0x4000 fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB copy fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB copy fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB copy fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB copy if I use 'nt40', and messages inviting to use nt40 (or win31) if I leave automatically detection possible. The Skype error windows opens and a message (in Italian) saying that Skype needs several more files is displayed (not really helpful). Browsing the debug output, I think that the clue may be in lines as this one: warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Programmi/Skype/Phone/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"C\\windows\\advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Programmi/Skype/Phone/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/advapi32.dll warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"C\\windows\\advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll Is it a problem of path? Thanks a lot to those who will kindly help me. guido, italy
Guido Milanese <guidofabrizio.milanese@fastwebnet.it> wrote:> So I tried to use wine for that. I am not familiar with wine (never > need Windows programs, really) and I tried to use what had been > installed by Mandriva.Red the Users guide on winehq.org> Testing wine, it's all right with the preconfigured programs I can > access from the wine menu. > Trying to use Skype, i get some error messages:> if I use 'nt40', and messages inviting to use nt40 (or win31) if I > leave automatically detection possible.I don't understand that sentence.> Browsing the debug output, I think that the clue may be in lines as > this one:Post all the output if it's less than 100 lines. Provide a link if it's more than that. Random selection of messages is not going to help anyone. Include the command you use to invoke skype. Tell us what wine version you have. Daniel
Guido Milanese wrote:> I am currently running Skype version 1.3 on a Linux Mandriva 2006 > system. It works well, but the Windows version is really superior, > supporting several interesting features missing from the Linux version. > So I tried to use wine for that. I am not familiar with wine (never > need Windows programs, really) and I tried to use what had been > installed by Mandriva. > > Testing wine, it's all right with the preconfigured programs I can > access from the wine menu. > Trying to use Skype, i get some error messages: > > fixme:actctx:QueryActCtxW stub! > fixme:commctrl:InitCommonControlsEx Unknown class! dwICC=0x4000 > fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB > copy > fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB > copy > fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB > copy > fixme:bitblt:X11DRV_BitBlt potential optimization - client-side DIB > copy > > if I use 'nt40', and messages inviting to use nt40 (or win31) if I > leave automatically detection possible. > > The Skype error windows opens and a message (in Italian) saying that > Skype needs several more files is displayed (not really helpful). > > Browsing the debug output, I think that the clue may be in lines as > this one: > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Programmi/Skype/Phone/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"C\\windows\\advapi32.dll" not > found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Programmi/Skype/Phone/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/advapi32.dll > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"C\\windows\\advapi32.dll" not > found in /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/k: > warn:file:wine_nt_to_unix_file_name L"advapi32.dll" not found in > /home/guido/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system/advapi32.dll > > Is it a problem of path? > > Thanks a lot to those who will kindly help me. > > guido, italy >how did you setup wine? a fake advapi.dll should be present in your fake windows directory (when using latest wine). A+ -- Eric Pouech