From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 00:24:36 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 5EF4C106566B for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 00:24:36 +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 34BA98FC26 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 00:24:35 +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 m450OY5d021955 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 4 May 2008 17:24:35 -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 m450OYx8021954; Sun, 4 May 2008 17:24:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA11612; Sun, 4 May 08 17:12:41 PDT Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 17:10:34 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: tijl@ulyssis.org Message-Id: <481e507a.8XsVIuRvsw0nXEWh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <47ba7e1f.UDwudqHevRDrsQ8d%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <200804231409.21628.tijl@ulyssis.org> <48195c77.gWKwJdFnMZSip4d4%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <200805041509.12737.tijl@ulyssis.org> In-Reply-To: <200805041509.12737.tijl@ulyssis.org> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wine: notepad OK, others not 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: Mon, 05 May 2008 00:24:36 -0000 > > ... 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_' > > > > > > and it locked up the display so that CtrlAltF1 would not switch > > to a text screen (although it did allow AltTab to bring up FVWM's > > window list). After clicking OK: > > > > > > Visio Setup > > > > i Setup failed. > > > > > > and it quit. > > Were there any messages printed in the terminal window? No. > What version of Visio is this? 3.0. Long before M$ took it over, so it should be just a generic Win32 app with no secret M$ tricks. > You might also want to try on a Linux system if you have that > somewhere, just to see if it works there. If I had a Linux system set up, I'd have tried this there in the first place. > Also, you should really take this to the wine-users@winehq.org > mailing list. The people there should know more about this than > here on a FreeBSD mailing list. I suppose I can try it, but I wonder how much interest there will be on a wine list in supporting FreeBSD. At a minimum I suppose they'll want to know if it still breaks on the latest wine version, and I'll have no way to find out since the FreeBSD port doesn't support the latest wine version. In any case, it seems FreeBSD should not be allowing a port -- any port -- to lock out CtrlAltF1.