Wine isn't working for me

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Hi there,

I’ve followed the guide on https://en.opensuse.org/Wine and when I run winecfg, it doesn’t create the .wine directory in my home directory for me or do any configuration. It simply says “/usr/bin/winecfg: line 29: /usr/bin/wine: Success”. When I try to run executable applications by running “wine appname.exe” it does nothing. It also does nothing if I try right-clicking an application in Dolphin and selecting “open with Wine”.

Is this because all the applications I’ve tried are incompatible with wine, or is there a problem configuring it?

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No, that doesn’t seem to be the reason according to your description. Wine still should create the ~/.wine directory in that case.

What output do you get exactly when running “wine appname.exe”?
Nothing at all? Just the"/usr/bin/winecfg: line 29: /usr/bin/wine: Success"?
If anything else, please post the full output.

What exact wine version from where did you install?

rpm -qi wine

And to rule out incompatible repos (and to clarify which openSUSE version you are actually using :wink: ), please post your repo list:

zypper lr -d
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Also make sure you are your user and NOT root.

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rpm -qi details as follows:

Name : wine
Version : 1.7.28
Release : 1.3
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Wed 21 Jan 2015 07:30:19 AM AEDT
Group : System/Emulators/PC
Size : 140451443
License : LGPL-2.1+
Signature : RSA/SHA256, Thu 16 Oct 2014 12:35:23 AM AEDT, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284
Source RPM : wine-1.7.28-1.3.src.rpm
Build Date : Thu 16 Oct 2014 12:26:14 AM AEDT
Build Host : build31
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org
Vendor : openSUSE
URL : http://www.winehq.org/
Summary : An MS Windows Emulator
Description :
An MS Windows emulator, consisting of both runtime and source
compatibility functions. You can run your MS executables with it and
write your Windows programs under Linux and link against the WINE
libraries.

It is not necessary to have a Windows installation to run WINE.

Refer to /usr/share/doc/packages/wine/README.SUSE. There is more
documentation available in that directory. Read ‘man wine’ for further
information.

You can invoke wine by entering ‘wine program.exe’. Configure it by
running ‘winecfg’.
Distribution: openSUSE 13.2

Running winecfg from the terminal gives this line (,/usr/bin/winecfg: line 29: /usr/bin/wine: Success) but otherwise does nothing. It does not create the ~/wine folder.
Running wine “./application.exe” does nothing and produces no output.

The output of zypper lr -d is as follows:

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

—±--------------------------±-----------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-----------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | ftp.gwdg.de-suse | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.2/ |
2 | geeko.ioda.net-amd-fglrx | AMD/ATI Graphics Drivers | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx/openSUSE_13.2/ |
3 | home:ecsos | home:ecsos | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos/openSUSE_13.2/ |
4 | home:rbos | home:rbos | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rbos/openSUSE_13.2/ |
5 | libdvdcss | libdvdcss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.2/ |
6 | openSUSE-13.2-0 | openSUSE-13.2-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVD+_-RW_GS30N_K05CCB10035 |
7 | opensuse-guide.org-repo | libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.2/ |
8 | repo-debug | openSUSE-13.2-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ |
9 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2/ |
10 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2-non-oss/ |
11 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/ |
12 | repo-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ |
13 | repo-source | openSUSE-13.2-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ |
14 | repo-update | openSUSE-13.2-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/ |
15 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2-non-oss/

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It should display a configuration window.
You are not running it as root by chance? (e.g. via su or sudo)
It has to be run as user, as already mentioned.

And I hope with “terminal” you mean a terminal window inside a graphical session. It won’t work in text mode… :wink:

That said, you don’t have to run winecfg, but it’s probably a good test as it should work in any case, whereas arbitrary Windows applications might have problems and not work with wine.

It does not create the ~/wine folder.

It should create a folder called ~/.wine, not ~/wine, notice the ‘.’.
Also note that files/folders starting with ‘.’ are not displayed by most file managers by default, you have to enable the option “Show hidden files” (or similar) first.

Please check that there’s really no ~/.wine folder:

ls -ld ~/.wine

And if there is, try to delete it:

rm -r ~/.wine

Does /usr/bin/wine actually exist?

ls -l /usr/bin/wine
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There is no .wine folder (~/.wine). I’m running it as a standard user, not root, from a terminal window in a KDE session.

There is a /usr/bin/wine folder.

Should I try uninstalling and reinstalling wine?

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When uninstalling and reinstalling wine I get the following output:


Retrieving package wine-1.7.28-1.3.x86_64                                                            (1/1),  16.6 MiB (133.9 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: wine-1.7.28-1.3.x86_64.rpm .................................................................................[done (1.0 MiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts: .......................................................................................................[done]
(1/1) Installing: wine-1.7.28-1.3 ..................................................................................................[done]
Additional rpm output:
/sbin/ldconfig: File /lib/libsemanage.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.10 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8.3.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.3.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgphoto2.so.6.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmptrapd.so.30 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-dri2.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.3.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.1.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-sync.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmptrapd.so.30.0.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libdrm_intel.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.2.5 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmphelpers.so.30.0.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-xfixes.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.2.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmphelpers.so.30 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port.so.10 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsane.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libdrm_intel.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libwine.so.1.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.2 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmpagent.so.30 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-dri3.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmpagent.so.30.0.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsnmp.so.30 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0.4.7 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgphoto2.so.6 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-dri2.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmpmibs.so.30 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libmagic.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-present.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libv4l1.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libv4l2.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-glx.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4.11.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsnmp.so.30.0.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libwine.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmp.so.30 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-xfixes.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libv4l1.so.0.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-glx.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmp.so.30.0.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port.so.10.1.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsane.so.1.0.24 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpcap.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libnetsnmpmibs.so.30.0.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libv4l2.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-dri3.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-sync.so.1.0.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libxcb-present.so.0 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpcap.so.1.6.2 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib64/libSDL_sound-1.0.so.1.0.2 is empty, not checked.
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib64/libSDL_sound-1.0.so.1 is empty, not checked.
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???
It should be a file, not a folder.

Should I try uninstalling and reinstalling wine?

If /usr/bin/wine is a folder, then yes.

Well, if all those files are empty, your system is heavily broken, and not only regarding wine.

Consider a complete reinstall.

But at least re-install all packages that contain those empty files. You can check from which package a file comes from via “rpm -qf filename”. E.g.:

wolfi@amiga:~> rpm -qf /lib/libsemanage.so.1
libsemanage1-32bit-2.3-2.1.8.x86_64

Afterwards, you probably should run “rpm -Va” to verify all installed packages, and fix the problems it lists (basically all missing or modified files) by re-installing the corresponding packages. Not everything it lists is a problem though, so if you are in doubt, please ask.

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Thanks for your help. I used rpm -qf to find the packages for the broken libraries and uninstalled and reinstalled them. winecfg then executed successfully. It did display the following in the terminal window though:


fixme:urlmon:InternetBindInfo_GetBindString not supported string type 20
err:process:__wine_kernel_init boot event wait timed out
fixme:urlmon:InternetBindInfo_GetBindString not supported string type 20
err:process:__wine_kernel_init boot event wait timed out
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0xd9e368, overlapped 0xd9e380): stub
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: /usr/lib/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: file too short
fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x6b238dcc
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0xdbe8b0, overlapped 0xdbe8bc): stub
fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 9800012c (device=9800 access=0 func=4b method=0)
fixme:winsock:server_ioctl_sock Unsupported ioctl 9800012c (device=9800 access=0 func=4b method=0)
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl unsupported WS_IOCTL cmd (_WSAIOW(IOC_VENDOR, 300))
fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 9800012c (device=9800 access=0 func=4b method=0)
fixme:winsock:server_ioctl_sock Unsupported ioctl 9800012c (device=9800 access=0 func=4b method=0)
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl unsupported WS_IOCTL cmd (_WSAIOW(IOC_VENDOR, 300))

I haven’t tried running any applications with wine yet, I’ll do that next.

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Well, wine is quite noisy with its debug output, most of the time you can just ignore it.

This particular one does point to another problem though:


p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: /usr/lib/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: file too short

The file /usr/lib/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so seems to be broken.

So I would recommend to re-install the package that contains it as well:

sudo zypper in -f p11-kit-32bit