I am getting a "DOS memory range unavailable" message when I'm trying to install Grim Fandango. What does this mean and how do I solve it.
No answers huh? Typical of these forums. You ask a question and no one helps.
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:13 PM, phildaman46 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> No answers huh? Typical of these forums. You ask a question and no one helps. >You were not specific enough to help. And this is Saturday and a holiday weekend in the US. Where did you get this dos error message? Did you run this from the shell? Can you post the output from there? John
phildaman46 wrote:> I am getting a "DOS memory range unavailable" message when I'm trying to install Grim Fandango. What does this mean and how do I solve it.You are running a 16-bit app. That's a problem caused by a recent update in the Linux kernel that prevents programs (particularly Wine) from accessing the first 64k of kernel memory. It was done to plug a security hole. So it's not a problem with Wine; rather the Linux kernel itself in increasing security unfortunately prevented running 16-bit apps in Wine. If you're using Ubuntu try this: Code: sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0 the above code temporarily allows access to this memory location, allowing you to run your 16-bit app. It will last until you shut down the computer, so you'll need to run the command again the next time you boot.