Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:03:39 +0100 From: Sascha Folie <sascha.folie@safo.at> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does wine64 actually work? Message-ID: <ea5e5e223527eba32a1432d02a6c1d70@safo.at> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB1200E068613CBC159EB6008CF63D0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB1200072CBD52A162083C9635F63D0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20171205203246.e1a071f3c3e4f42bada7631c@safo.at> <VI1PR02MB12000D6FF5C5E0E1310D7121F63D0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20171205214346.b8956c02473afecd3f0c82fb@safo.at> <VI1PR02MB1200E068613CBC159EB6008CF63D0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On 05.12.2017 22:11, Manish Jain wrote: > On 12/06/17 02:13, Sascha Folie wrote: >> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 20:09:03 +0000 >> Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> On 12/06/17 01:02, Sascha Folie wrote: >>>> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:01:37 +0000 >>>> Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On a FreeBSD 10.3 amd64 box, I am writing some documentation about >>>>> Wine. >>>>> >>>>> I have been using wine32 for quite a while now, and it works >>>>> remarkably >>>>> well. wine64 on the contrary seems to be a minefield. >>>>> >>>>> I deleted my ~/.wine (which has 32-bit-stuff), installed the wine >>>>> pkg >>>>> (which is 64-bit), and tried running a few binaries (notepad.exe >>>>> and >>>>> mspaint.exe) under wine64 from Win 7 as well 10. >>>>> >>>>> All I could get was trash (or nothing at all). >>>>> >>>>> Is there anyone on this list who has had success running 7/10 >>>>> binaries >>>>> under wine64 ? >>>>> >>>>> The problem seems to be not just with FreeBSD. Linux vm also >>>>> produces >>>>> trash with 64-bit Windows binaries. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>>> Manish Jain >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm running Factorio[1] on FreeBSD 11.1 amd64 on wine-staging-2.21 >>>> without problems. >>>> >>>> [1] https://www.factorio.com/ >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sascha >>> >>> I removed wine and installed wine-staging (v2.17), and then I tried >>> running notepad.exe from Win 7 under wine64. I get: >>> >>> err:winedevice:ServiceMain Failed to load L"win32k.sys" >>> >>> No notepad window. Does anyone have any tips for resolving this >>> problem? >>> >>> Tx >>> Manish Jain >> >> I get the same error from a Win10 copy of notepad.exe. Seems like it >> isn't a pure 64bit application. >> >> wine/wine-devel/wine-staging on FreeBSD amd64 only support 64bit and >> can't run 32bit software at all. >> >> Regards, >> Sascha > > Thanks for replying, Sascha. Can you please tell me one or two 64-bit > binaries from w7/w10 that would work under FreeBSD wine ? > > I was thinking notepad would be easiest, but it looks like things are > not so cool. Hi, I didn't test it yet but maybe putty.exe[1] (64bit) would be a good application. [1] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html Regards, Sascha
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