I'm experimenting with Wine under Kubuntu Hardy Heron, on a former Vista laptop (boy, does it run noticeably faster on Linux). The deal is that my son wants to move to Linux on his desktop, but still have access to particular games that he plays. The laptop is the testbed. Before trying to install any of the games, I tried out three applications that I find useful, Orbitron, Country Codes and IrfanView. Orbitron was no problem, apart from occasionally losing window focus, especially during update operations, but this is fixed by a tap on the escape key. Both Country Codes (from Saber Naeemi) and IrfanView fail to install. Are there any install logs that would show why the installs failed? If so, where can I find them? Cheers, Andrew Morris www.amsor.org
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:17 AM, nadrach <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> I'm experimenting with Wine under Kubuntu Hardy Heron, on a former Vista laptop (boy, does it run noticeably faster on Linux). The deal is that my son wants to move to Linux on his desktop, but still have access to particular games that he plays. The laptop is the testbed. Before trying to install any of the games, I tried out three applications that I find useful, Orbitron, Country Codes and IrfanView. Orbitron was no problem, apart from occasionally losing window focus, especially during update operations, but this is fixed by a tap on the escape key. Both Country Codes (from Saber Naeemi) and IrfanView fail to install. > > Are there any install logs that would show why the installs failed? If so, where can I find them? > > Cheers, > > Andrew Morris > www.amsor.org > > > > > >Terminal output would be useful.
No output available. Both applications run a graphical install, but the installers never come up. A GUI slot opens for the executable, followed by one for Wine, Wine starts running the install executable, then shuts down without any display after about 30 seconds, followed by the initialising Linux GUI slot about 15 seconds later. Since I have no screen output to read, I have no idea why Wine is failing to run the installations. Thats why I asked about install logs. Andrew Morris www.amsor.org
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:47 AM, nadrach <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> No output available. Both applications run a graphical install, but the installers never come up. A GUI slot opens for the executable, followed by one for Wine, Wine starts running the install executable, then shuts down without any display after about 30 seconds, followed by the initialising Linux GUI slot about 15 seconds later. Since I have no screen output to read, I have no idea why Wine is failing to run the installations. Thats why I asked about install logs. > > > > Andrew Morris > www.amsor.org > > > > > >Run it from terminal, not from your file manager/window manager.
First problem was the PageZero security fix in Hardy Heron. Having eliminated that, I have the following failure with IrfanView (which apparently says it should work with Wine, in its FAQ): err:module:import_dll Library MFC42.DLL (which is needed by L"Z:[...]\\iview410_setup.exe") not found err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:[...]\\iview410_setup.exe" failed, status c0000135 and with Country Codes I get an install failure: C:\Program Files\CountryCodes\ARINMgr.dll Unable to register the DLL/OCX: LoadLIbrary failed; code 126. Module not found. Any pointers greatly appreciated.
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:01 AM, nadrach <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> First problem was the PageZero security fix in Hardy Heron. Having eliminated that, I have the following failure with IrfanView (which apparently says it should work with Wine, in its FAQ): > > err:module:import_dll Library MFC42.DLL (which is needed by L"Z:[...]\\iview410_setup.exe") not found > err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:[...]\\iview410_setup.exe" failed, status c0000135 >$ wget kegel.com/wine/winetricks $ sh winetricks vcrun6
IrfanView installed and running, thank you! Any ideas on Country Codes (http://www.izoxzone.com/)?
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:45 AM, nadrach <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> IrfanView installed and running, thank you! > > Any ideas on Country Codes (http://www.izoxzone.com/)? > > > > > >err, misread that. does C:\Program Files\CountryCodes\ARINMgr.dll exist? try running regsvr32 on it.
We may be getting somewhere ... now I am getting a terminal message: err:module:import_dll Library MSVBVM60.DLL (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\CountryCodes\\ARINIMgr.dll") not found when the "unable to register ARINIMgr.dll" screen appears. Is there a winetricks for this DLL file?
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:07 AM, nadrach <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> err:module:import_dll Library MSVBVM60.DLL (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\CountryCodes\\ARINIMgr.dll") not found > > when the "unable to register ARINIMgr.dll" screen appears. Is there a winetricks for this DLL file?Yes: sh winetricks vbrun60 I really should add common dll names as synonym verbs in winetricks...
Yup, fixed that. Thank you very much. Now tell me ... is there a user guide for winetricks? Cheers, Andrew Morris
nadrach wrote:> Yup, fixed that. Thank you very much. > > Now tell me ... is there a user guide for winetricks?http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks
It might help future users if you added tests and updated installation instructions on the appdb otherwise it will just disappear being lost in the middle of the forum.
Tlarhices wrote:> It might help future users if you added tests and updated installation instructions on the appdb otherwise it will just disappear being lost in the middle of the forum.You are the user - help yourself - go to appdb and add it there.
I have added a comment on the AppDB entry for IrfanView, and will do so on the Orbitron entry shortly, but I have not yet found an entry for Country Codes (and I have yet to find how to add one, or even if I qualify to do so). Strange as it may seem, despite being a techy and geek of several decades, and more than used to decoding GUI's, I did not find it intuitive that in order to get a full listing of the app's under a category (Platinum, Gold, Silver) it was necessary to click on the category name in a Top 10 list (which did not so much look like a link, rather an underlined heading). Took a while to realise that. Having ploughed through several pages of Platinum, I wondered why there was no obvious search facility to find if a specific app is listed, rather than trundling down an extensive alphabetical list. When I last took a long look at Wine (about 2-3 years ago), I thought that there was a search option on the AppDB ... but I cannot find one now. It would be very useful. If there is a listing for Country Codes, could someone please supply a direct link to it; and if not, could an administrator create one, please, and I'll add a post to it. Cheers, Andrew Morris www.amsor.org
Yus ... OK ... found it ... a short way below my screen (1280x800) and the immediate area when the AppDB page opens ... and of course if you quick scroll down to see Gold and Silver lists, it zips past ... hey, ho ... that's my excuse for not spotting it (meekly hides behind mug of tea). Orbitron needs no comments, it loads clean from a GUI install, anyway. I'll try and plough my way through opening a listing on Country Codes ... learning curves can be fun ... honest. Thanks very much to all of you who have helped in this. All I can say is that. like finding yourself behind a slow learner driver, it helps to remember that you never stop being a newbie at something, however long you have been trundling the path. Cheers, Andrew Morris www.amsor.org