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

From: awyatt@intergate.cx
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 12:16:45 EDT


> Original Message from Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:39:13 -0400:>
> awyatt@intergate.cx wrote:
> Thanks for the help. But the cork is still stuck :)
>
> > > 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 tried this but the permissions are still set as drwxrwxr-x 21
root root
> for the /mnt/c and all the dirs under it. And when I try to
winword.exe from it's
> directory I get the following.
> bash: ./winword.exe: Permission denied
>

the last email should resolve that ..

> >
> > > 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
>
> Couldn't find the /etc/wine/wine.conf so changed the one in
~/.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.
>
> I found the following in the ~/.wine/config
> [Drive F]
> "Path" = "${HOME}"
> "Type" = "network"
> "Label" = "Home"
> "Filesystem" = "win95"
> Is this what you were talking about? Should this be changed to not
be network
> drive or is does it need to be a network drive?
>

Yes, that's correct but wine is not using the correct config ..

find / -name wine.conf

> >
> >
> > >
> > > wine still says it can't find it.
> > >
> >
> > try changing the wine.conf in /etc/wine
>
> can't find a /etc/wine.conf file
>
> >
> >
> > > 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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