Re: [SLUG] Can't get the cork out of the bottle (wine)

From: awyatt@intergate.cx
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 09:15:10 EDT


> Original Message from Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:50:21 -0400:>
> I'm getting three errors when I start wine, one of which is causing
it
> not to run like it should. I've looked on Wines page in the
knowledge
> base but can't seem to find a fix. The Wine release is 20010112
> 1. Warning: the temporary directory '/mnt/c/temp' (specified in wine
> configuration file) is not writeable.

umount /mnt/c;chmod 777 /mnt/c;mount /mnt/c

> I think this is related to the mount as I can't do a chmod
on /mnt/c to
> make it writable. The current permissions on /mnt/c are drwxrwxr-x
and
> the fstab entry is
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat auto,user
> 0 0
>
> 2. Invalid path 'c:\windows\Profiles\Administrator' for profile
> directory: does not exist - I'm not sure what wine is looking for
here.
> I didn't know windows had a Profiles\Administrator directory.
>

vim /etc/wine/wine.conf (if it exists, or) ~/.wine/config

change profile to your profiles folder if it exists,
or /mnt/c/windows if it doesn't ..

> 3. Warning: could not find wine config [Drive x] entry for current
> working directory /home/mchester; starting in windows directory. I
have

see above to locate wine.conf add an entry with a drive letter for
your home directory.

>
> a .wine dir in my home with a config file (like it says on the wine
> page) and I have made the needed changes to reflect my mount
points. But
>
> wine still says it can't find it.
>

try changing the wine.conf in /etc/wine

> One other question. When I start word from my home dir with the
command.
>
> wine "/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/winword.exe"
> Word has problems with the path for it's dot files. Word says it
can't

That should work, maybe you should cd into that folder and run
winword .. I created shell scripts to cd into the working directory
before executing an app ..

> find them. Should I be starting word from a different dir or is
there
> some path I need to setup?
>
> I have not been able to find any answers to these questions on Wines
> page or google. Maybe it was my search criteria.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Mike M.
>
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