WINE - certain applications won't work.

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#1

Wine obviously refuses to run certain applications. To cpatchure wines output, I ran it from console:

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave                          
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x91f854,0x00000000), stub!                        
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x91f7bc,0x00000000), stub!                        
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                                                                   
fixme:d3d:WineD3D_ChoosePixelFormat Add OpenGL context recreation support to SetDepthStencilSurface                                           
[continuing endless]

Another program throws this output at me:

fixme:ole:OLEPictureImpl_get_hPal unimplemented for type 3. Returning 0 palette.
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_GetDeviceCaps (0x28ec): CAPS1 is unimplemented, will return 0
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_GetDeviceCaps (0x29b0): CAPS1 is unimplemented, will return 0

A re-install of wine did not help so far. Is this an issue with OpenGL?

#2

What says the WineHQ - Wine Application Database about these applications?

#3

For the first program: “What works - Everything (The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.)”
In fact this application launches, but there’s no picture inside the box - just plain black.

For the second application: “No matches found”. I’d rather analyze the error messages… so what’s the point to start with?

#4

Mh…is there any way to find out what is missing in Wine and why exctly those programs won´t work?

#5

It happened many times that the program required some dll library which isn’t included in wine - anyway the output will show you the name of this dll - google for it.

#6

Thanks, I did. I´ve found a whole bunch of other threads regarding these outputs - and no solution yet… sucks. Further advice appreciated.

#7

A long time that I did not use wine but at the moment there was the tip to take the original windows libraries and copy them into the wine directory (like: /home/mask/.wine/drive_c/windows/system (or system32 respectively)) so that the program could run them. This requires (just before some “batman” or “punisher” jumps up :sarcastic: ) that you have a valid unused license o WinXP available. I would bet that programs written natively for Vista make more trouble. You could do this one by one…up to finding the right one (tedious, I know). Don’t know if this may help.
Good luck.

#8

Good idea, although the hint is not an option for me. Any further ideas are very appreciated.