wine users - May 2009 - Prog running in Wine OK but needs Alt+F10 to maximise.

Hi 

I've got 'WriteOutloud' (talking wordprocessor for dyslexic
children) working pretty well on an Asus Eeepc (Xandros) and on an Acer Aspire
One (Kuki Linux) I'm using Wine 1.0.1 on both machines. What happens is that
the prog starts up normally then immediately minimises to the taskbar. To make
it run fullscreen you have to click on it and press Alt+F10

Although not a serious problem it makes the machine more difficult for children
to use so I'd like to iron out that last small bug.

When run from terminal I get

err:dc:CreateDCW no driver found for L""

Sorry, but I'm still a bit of a Linux noobie so this doen't mean much to
me. Can anyone help?

Thanks

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Graeme <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've got 'WriteOutloud' (talking wordprocessor for dyslexic
children) working pretty well on an Asus Eeepc (Xandros) and on an Acer Aspire
One (Kuki Linux) I'm using Wine 1.0.1 on both machines. What happens is that
the prog starts up normally then immediately minimises to the taskbar. To make
it run fullscreen you have to click on it and press Alt+F10
Try upgrading to 1.1.21 (or 1.1.22, due out later today).
> Although not a serious problem it makes the machine more difficult for
children to use so I'd like to iron out that last small bug.
>
> When run from terminal I get
>
> err:dc:CreateDCW no driver found for L""
Is that all the output?

-- 
-Austin

Yes, that's all the output. The problem with installing a newer version of
Wine is that my Linux skills don't extend to installing outwith a package
manager and the repositories still have older versions!

Could you explain how to download and install to Kuki Linux (a version of
Jaunty)

Thanks

Graeme

Thanks Austin. I have now successfully updated Wine to 1.1.22 . The Alt+F10
keystrokes are no longer needed but the window still has to be manually
maximised. HOWEVER - the wordprocessor doesn't work at all now - won't
accept keystrokes. Updating to Wine 1.1.22 has also broken another prog I've
been running in Wine - Co-Writer - it now freezes at its splashscreen. It worked
100% perfectly on older version of Wine.

Looks like I'll need to revert.

Don't suppose you know how I could make and run a little script to perform
the 'click on minimised prog.....carry out Alt+F10' command
automatically - or even from a launcher icon on the desktop?

Problem solved!

Many thanks for the Autohotkeys suggestion - it has worked perfectly. I have
made a desktop icon which launches an AHK script and this in turn launches the
WriteOutLoud itself. Launched in this way it opens up and maximises
automatically, just as it would in Windows. So I can now launch the program with
a double click on a single icon without any trace of workarounds or loss of
speed!

I'll be looking into lots more possibilities for AHK - seems to have amazing
potential.  :D

Sincere thanks.

Graeme