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iamclueless
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Rosetta Stone Language

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running Debian Lenny
Wine 1.0
Rosetta Stone 2.08.1

rosetta stone installed and seems to run fine
does not detect the language cd

i found this in the AppDB
mount -t iso9660 -o norock,map=off,ro /dev/cdrom /whereyouwantRosettaStonetolook

it mounts the cd and changes the file names from lowercase to uppercase

theres also a command to mount the iso

after that Rosetta Stone works

however i would like to make this a permanent thing. id like to skip having to mount the CD or iso each and everytime i want to use the app

is there a way to do this?
thanks
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Re: Rosetta Stone Language

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iamclueless wrote:running Debian Lenny
Wine 1.0
Rosetta Stone 2.08.1

rosetta stone installed and seems to run fine
does not detect the language cd

i found this in the AppDB
mount -t iso9660 -o norock,map=off,ro /dev/cdrom /whereyouwantRosettaStonetolook

it mounts the cd and changes the file names from lowercase to uppercase

theres also a command to mount the iso

after that Rosetta Stone works

however i would like to make this a permanent thing. id like to skip having to mount the CD or iso each and everytime i want to use the app

is there a way to do this?
thanks
Ask your distro forum/support. I'm guessing that file system on that CD is defective. That's why it doesn't work as-is with Wine. Which makes it not a Wine problem.
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Post by iamclueless »

umm im not posting it as a wine problem

i followed the threads from WineAppDB...

this is a common issue, there are several posts on this topic (Cannot use language packs)

the common culprit is basically the naming of the files in the cds.

the solution i found was one from the AppDB

i am asking for more information on this fix... am i posting in the wrong place? should i be posting in it in the actuall AppDB?
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Post by vitamin »

iamclueless wrote:i am asking for more information on this fix... am i posting in the wrong place? should i be posting in it in the actuall AppDB?
The problem most likely is a defective filesystem on the CD. This is pretty common for some companies to create "windows only" CDs that can't be read as-is on other OSes.

People on your distro's forum might know how to add special mount options to only one CD. If it's possible at all.
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Re: Rosetta Stone Language

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iamclueless wrote:however i would like to make this a permanent thing. id like to skip having to mount the CD or iso each and everytime i want to use the app

is there a way to do this?
If copy protection doesn't prevent you from using an iso, you can write a shell script to mount the iso and start the app, and create a desktop link to run the shell script. If you don't know how to do this, ask your distro's support forum--as vitamin said, it's not a Wine issue.
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