Apps :: getting wine to work???!!!!
one soloution to the empty folder problem is either don't use the file manager or go through every directory and "touch makiewineworkie.txt"
libxv gives a "read only filesystem" error when i try to install, this happens in dsl 0.7.2 and 0.8
I got it to work by doing what ke4nt1 suggested: I loaded x86free-common and my empty directory problem went away! So I did:
apt-get install -d libvx1
dpkg -i --force-overwrite libxv1<whatever>
apt-get install x86free-common
apt-get install wine winesetuptk wine-utils.
It works better than before, winzip installs fine, opens a zip file fine, even runs winzip when you double click on a zip file, but it hangs when you try to extract something.
As far as the libxv1 file you had a problem with, I think you need to do a dpkg -i --force-overwrite libxv1<whatever> deb2dsl.sh didn't work for making the dsl file. That means you need to make a marker and look for newer files and save those files in the tar.
You also need to load the gnu-utils.dsl before you start installing things with dpkg to make the file system 'readable."
I've also found out that you really should load the gnu-utils.dsl first, since winesetuptk makes a call to ps with a -C switch to check to see if the server if running. The BusyBox ps returns the wrong result so winesetup thinks the wineserver is running. Or you could load the debian package procps, it's pretty small compared to the bulk of gnu-utils.
You'll never be able to just up and throw away windows. Somethings work in wine, lots don't. It's a toy to play with at this point, no more than that. You could spend as much time playing with and learning about wine as you do with dsl.
Thanks for the tip, clacker ..
Really, if your not interested in just booting up the 50MB DSL CD,
and quickly getting a job done with the utilities and programs provided,
I always suggest using the dsl-dpkg and gnu-utils for your environment.
Busybox is a lightweight package suited for the 50MB environment.
It's NOT for compiling, building packages, assembly, etc..
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