Wine and Mandriva
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From: imotgm on 7 Jan 2006 06:31 On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:34:58 +0000, Krister Hallergard wrote: >> the biggest problem is microscum trying to break wine for fun, >> a lot of problems are caused by the MSI/install-shield installer. >> >> if you can bypass the installer then a lot of the stuff works fine. >> >> these problems are *not* an accident. > > Got you point about avoiding the installer - that's why I ended up > copint the whole .wine subfolder to Mandriva, but Excel still doesn't work. Do you dual boot between Linux and Windows? If so, have you tried to have wine run Excel from the Windows installation? wine "/mnt/win_c/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/excel.exe" Works for me. YMMV -- imotgm "Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a month or two, but never lost."
From: Krister Hallergard on 7 Jan 2006 10:32 imotgm wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:34:58 +0000, Krister Hallergard wrote: > > > >>>the biggest problem is microscum trying to break wine for fun, >>>a lot of problems are caused by the MSI/install-shield installer. >>> >>>if you can bypass the installer then a lot of the stuff works fine. >>> >>>these problems are *not* an accident. >> >>Got you point about avoiding the installer - that's why I ended up >>copint the whole .wine subfolder to Mandriva, but Excel still doesn't work. > > > Do you dual boot between Linux and Windows? If so, have you tried to have > wine run Excel from the Windows installation? > > wine "/mnt/win_c/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/excel.exe" > > Works for me. YMMV > Good suggestion, imotgm! No, did not work with Mandriva. The same, the welcome screen starts but quits after two seconds. The other distros work with this manner of starting. While I was at it I tried starting Word 97 and Powerpoint 97 from the Windows installations. Worked with all distros, incl Mandriva! OpenOffice takes care of these programs and Excel though, but not of my wk4-files from Lotus 123. Thanks
From: imotgm on 7 Jan 2006 12:59 On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:32:35 +0000, Krister Hallergard wrote: >> Do you dual boot between Linux and Windows? If so, have you tried to have >> wine run Excel from the Windows installation? >> >> wine "/mnt/win_c/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/excel.exe" >> >> Works for me. YMMV >> > Good suggestion, imotgm! No, did not work with Mandriva. The same, the > welcome screen starts but quits after two seconds. The other distros > work with this manner of starting. > > While I was at it I tried starting Word 97 and Powerpoint 97 from the > Windows installations. Worked with all distros, incl Mandriva! > OpenOffice takes care of these programs and Excel though, but not of my > wk4-files from Lotus 123. Thanks You're welcome. I haven't run wine for years, or Windows for that matter. I did recall trying that at one time, just to see if it would work, and was surprised at how many apps did work. I read your post, installed wine, found my old windows drive, put it in the machine, and tried Excel. Came right up, but the fonts sucked. Copied the fonts from Windows and now it's fine. Then started checking what else might work. My Lotus Smart Suite flashes the Logo, dies and sends wine into a complete tizzy. I don't think that dogs going to hunt, even if I get a really big whip. That's the one thing I wish would run on wine. I always liked Lotus better than MS Office. Much more polished documents, and I loved the top bar with all the drop down drawers. Anyway, I really have no real use for wine, but it's kind of fun playing with it to see if it's any better, over all, than when I last used it. Gotta go see what else runs. Now, see what you started. ;-) -- imotgm "Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a month or two, but never lost."
From: Brian K on 7 Jan 2006 13:00 On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:34:58 +0000, Krister Hallergard wrote: > Got you point about avoiding the installer - that's why I ended up > copint the whole .wine subfolder to Mandriva, but Excel still doesn't work. > > Could there be some hardware connection to the Mandriva problems with > Wine for me and Brian? Have a box with AMD64 3400+ (using 32 bit mode) > and VIA K8T800 Chipset with VIA 8337 South Bridge, 1024 MB RAM and 2 > SATA 200 GB drives and GeForce FX5200. To install Mandriva I have to > specify "noapic". AMD Sempron 2600+, KT400 chipset, 512 mega ram, IDE hard disks, Geforce4 TI4200. Nothing looks obvious to me. Brian K
From: Krister Hallergard on 7 Jan 2006 17:40
imotgm wrote: > > That's the one thing I wish would run on wine. I always liked Lotus better > than MS Office. Much more polished documents, and I loved the top bar with > all the drop down drawers. Anyway, I really have no real use for wine, but > it's kind of fun playing with it to see if it's any better, over all, than > when I last used it. Gotta go see what else runs. > > Now, see what you started. ;-) > Agree abt Lotus. Are you using Mandriva? Please let me know it you get anyware! |