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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:29:48 -0500
From:      Eduardo Cerejo <ejcerejo@optonline.net>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        gerald@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "Invalid address" running apps using wine-1.1.8,1
Message-ID:  <20081110102948.661b2b1e.ejcerejo@optonline.net>
In-Reply-To: <18712.20361.197150.902952@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <20081110124324.GA68575@ozzmosis.com> <20081110092912.47ef4647.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <18712.20361.197150.902952@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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> Eduardo Cerejo writes:
> >  > I'm getting an "Invalid address" error trying to run Windows apps
> >  > under WINE.  "wineconsole cmd" works OK though, and so does winefile.
> >  > The error seems to only occur with apps that aren't supplied with
> >  > WINE, eg.
> >  > 
> >  > C:\Program Files\Winamp>winamp.exe
> >  > wine: could not load L"C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\winamp.exe": Invalid address
> >  
> >  I'm getting the same error after portupgrading wine.  I haven't
> >  found anything on it yet! 
> 
> 	I have at least one non-Wine-supplied program that runs without
> this problem under wine-1.1.8.1.
> 	Mind you, it complains of stuff I don't think it sed to complain
> about ... but it runs.

It is frustrating when you try running an app and all you get is a little window saying "invalid address" and nothing else to work with.



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