Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:04:19 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: Moritz Hardt <root@morix.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wine error messages Message-ID: <20000905210418.I254@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009051539380.28260-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>; from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 03:43:46PM -0400 References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009051523100.28076-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009051539380.28260-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 03:43:46PM -0400, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > > > > Now I guess if I need to run something off a DOS floppy, I will need > > > > it. By the way, do you have any idea what kind of serious applications > > > > can run under wine. I only run solitare now. I guess that I can not run > > > > MS office (why?). > > > > > > Wanna bet? http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/word97_screen_shot.jpg > > I just tried the following: > > # wine WINWORD.EXE > > It pops up a windows, saying "This application must be installed to > run. Please run Setup from the location where you originally installed the > applcation". > Well, without knowing your full setup, I can't guarantee to have the exact answer, but first, try cd(1)'ing to the directory where WINWORD.EXE lives, then running ``wine WINWORD.EXE'' and see if that works. I was running it under Win95 and found things worked better if I used ``--winver win95'' as an argument to wine. I don't know if there is a "win98" argument to ``--winver'', if not you could try "in95". > And wine says: > > fixme: system: SystemParametersInfoA SPI_GETHIGHCONTRAST not fully > inplemented. > > If it is not too complicated, could you please tell me how to set it up? I > want to impress my friend with this. > > -Zhihui > -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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