From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 3 21:24:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B52451065679 for ; Sat, 3 May 2008 21:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 826C38FC0C for ; Sat, 3 May 2008 21:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id m43LOSou081490 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 3 May 2008 14:24:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id m43LOSjJ081489 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 3 May 2008 14:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA08656; Sat, 3 May 08 14:03:18 PDT Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 14:01:14 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <481cd29a.tpRIhFQiGHIJiBOm%perryh@pluto.rain.com> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: wine: app won't install from floppy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 21:24:29 -0000 What is the correct way of installing something into wine from floppy? The obvious approach: $ wine 'a:\setup.exe' did not work with a (fairly old version of) Visio: the option dialogs seemed to work properly, but very shortly after starting the actual install I got an error box: VISIO Setup ! Tried to create an invalid path using 'A:\' and 'clipart.vs_' It somehow locked out CtrlAltF1 so I could not switch to a text screen, but AltTab did bring up FVWM's window list (thus making it possible to transcribe the error message into an xterm that was not related to the wine session). After clicking OK I got an info box: Visio Setup i Setup failed. and it quit when I clicked OK there. Comparing the contents of .wine before/after the attempt, it seems the only change involves the font entries in the registry: $ diff -r wineBak .wine diff -r wineBak/system.reg .wine/system.reg 9082c9082 < [Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts] 1208923638 --- > [Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts] 1209616619 diff -r wineBak/user.reg .wine/user.reg 453c453 < [Software\\Wine\\Fonts] 1208923638 --- > [Software\\Wine\\Fonts] 1209616619 456c456 < [Software\\Wine\\Fonts\\External Fonts] 1208923638 --- > [Software\\Wine\\Fonts\\External Fonts] 1209616619 and of course I have no clue whether this makes any difference to anything. $ uname -a FreeBSD fbsd70.uucp 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 $ wine --version wine-0.9.48 a: is symlinked to /fd in .wine/dosdevices and /dev/fd0 is mounted on /fd