Application failure finding files on CD

[DavePritchard]

Hi
Distro is Mandriva spring 2008, wine version 1.1.2, installed via Mandriva
I moved the install.exe file to /home/dave and from a console ran wine install.exe
4 icons appeared on the desktop, with 2 different results if clicked.
1) a window opens with the following error message :-
Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder file:///mnt/winc//PROG~FBU/
EuroTalk/Talk~JUJ/TalkNow.exe does not exist
2) The application starts ( CD not activated ) and the user interface can be used to get to a selection menu, but clicking on a menu selection opens a window with this error :-
Import of f:\data\sources\2source\FW\FW35.PNG failed
Cannot open file "F:\data\sources\2source\FW\FW35.PNG". File not found.

Wine Configuration - Disks reads as follows :-
A: /media/floppy
C: ../drive_c
D: /home/dave
E: /dev/sr0
F: /media/TalkNow
G: /media/TalkNow
Z: /

The directory /home/dave/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/EuroTalk/TalkNowPlus
contains the TalkNow.exe file, and a config.txt file which includes the line :-
Root=f:\data

The icon with error 1) has the following properties - meta info
Points To C:\PROG~FBU\EuroTalk\Talk~JUJ\TalkNow.exe
Location on Windows disk
The icon with error 2) has the following properties - Application
Command env WINEPREFIX="/home/dave/.wine" wine "C:\PROG~FBU\EuroTalk\
Talk~JUJ\TalkNow.exe" force
Work Path /home/dave/.wine/dosdevices/C:/Program Files/EuroTalk/TalkNowPlus

I am totally stuck on this one, so any help appreciated.

Regards Dave P.

[jorl17]

Hi, I'm not sure which application you have there, but I went to AppDB and found TalkNow 1.x. Is it?

Well, in this entry we see:

It works perfectly well under wine as long as the wine d: drive or the e: drive is a symblic link to where the cdrom is mounted (in my case /dev/hdc).

You need to have a font installed to use writing, and of coure the cdrom must be mounted.

The program can only be run directly from the cd: no installation possible.

If tgis is your app, I'm guessing you'll have to mount an ISO somewhere and then execute it from there, while having one of your cd-rom drivers (don't know if you have to have them all) pointing (symlink) to the ISO mount.

Later on, when asked how to run from the cdrom:

I successfully run the program using the following command:

fran@debian:/cdrom/talk-now$ wine tlknow32.exe data/startup.ast

(plus, you don't even 'have' to mount an ISO, i believe you can use the drive straightforward)

But now to your specific case:

I moved the install.exe file to /home/dave and from a console ran wine install.exe

Did you just move install.exe? Are you sure that install.exe was able to find all the files it needed not being along with the setup file?

But oh well, I'm also kind'of stuck...could you please give us more info on how you installed it? (where did you get it if it is not Freeware/Open-source/free-non-commercial.)

Jorl17

edit: AppDB Entry

[DavePritchard]

The application Talk Now is a commercial windows app. there is a range of identical CD's
for different languages from EuroTalk.com.
I first tried just clicking on the start.exe icon in konqueror, this ran the apps user interface but produced an error from any selection from its menu ( cannot find f:/data/whatever file )
I then copied the install.exe to /home/dave and from a terminal ran wine install.exe, this
produced a desktop icon which when clicked also ran the apps user interface, but with the same error problem.
I have now tried from a terminal cd ing into the Talk Now! directory on the CD and ran
wine start.exe, this also runs the apps user interface but with the same error problem.
Also tried wine install.exe from the same directory, but same problem.
There are only 2 .exe files on the CD install.exe and start.exe
As the app is able to record users name and scores I guess the user interface runs from the hard drive and uses the CD /data files for every thing else.
The only way to access the CD from a terminal is to cd into /media, then entering cd Talk
followed by pressing TAB, this displays cd Talk\ Now\!/ pressing return then enters the
Talk Now! directory
The only reference to f: is in the config.txt file on the hard drive along with a TalkNow file that also runs the apps user interface, but with the same old error problem.