Prog running in Wine OK but needs Alt+F10 to maximise.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » Fri May 22, 2009 1:35 am

Hi

I've got 'WriteOutloud' (talking wordprocessor for dyslexic children) working pretty well on an Asus Eeepc (Xandros) and on an Acer Aspire One (Kuki Linux) I'm using Wine 1.0.1 on both machines. What happens is that the prog starts up normally then immediately minimises to the taskbar. To make it run fullscreen you have to click on it and press Alt+F10

Although not a serious problem it makes the machine more difficult for children to use so I'd like to iron out that last small bug.

When run from terminal I get

err:dc:CreateDCW no driver found for L""

Sorry, but I'm still a bit of a Linux noobie so this doen't mean much to me. Can anyone help?

Thanks

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:24 am

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Graeme <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi

I've got 'WriteOutloud' (talking wordprocessor for dyslexic children) working pretty well on an Asus Eeepc (Xandros) and on an Acer Aspire One (Kuki Linux) I'm using Wine 1.0.1 on both machines. What happens is that the prog starts up normally then immediately minimises to the taskbar. To make it run fullscreen you have to click on it and press Alt+F10

Try upgrading to 1.1.21 (or 1.1.22, due out later today).

Although not a serious problem it makes the machine more difficult for children to use so I'd like to iron out that last small bug.

When run from terminal I get

err:dc:CreateDCW no driver found for L""

Is that all the output?

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-Austin

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:40 pm

Yes, that's all the output. The problem with installing a newer version of Wine is that my Linux skills don't extend to installing outwith a package manager and the repositories still have older versions!

Could you explain how to download and install to Kuki Linux (a version of Jaunty)

Thanks

Graeme

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:47 pm

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Graeme <[email protected]> wrote:

Yes, that's all the output. The problem with installing a newer version of Wine is that my Linux skills don't extend to installing outwith a package manager and the repositories still have older versions!

Could you explain how to download and install to Kuki Linux (a version of Jaunty)

http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

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-Austin

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » Sat May 23, 2009 1:57 am

Thanks Austin. I have now successfully updated Wine to 1.1.22 . The Alt+F10 keystrokes are no longer needed but the window still has to be manually maximised. HOWEVER - the wordprocessor doesn't work at all now - won't accept keystrokes. Updating to Wine 1.1.22 has also broken another prog I've been running in Wine - Co-Writer - it now freezes at its splashscreen. It worked 100% perfectly on older version of Wine.

Looks like I'll need to revert.

Don't suppose you know how I could make and run a little script to perform the 'click on minimised prog.....carry out Alt+F10' command automatically - or even from a launcher icon on the desktop?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:22 am

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Graeme <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks Austin. I have now successfully updated Wine to 1.1.22 . The Alt+F10 keystrokes are no longer needed but the window still has to be manually maximised. HOWEVER - the wordprocessor doesn't work at all now - won't accept keystrokes. Updating to Wine 1.1.22 has also broken another prog I've been running in Wine - Co-Writer - it now freezes at its splashscreen. It worked 100% perfectly on older version of Wine.

Looks like I'll need to revert.

Please file bugs for these problems if they aren't filed already.

Don't suppose you know how I could make and run a little script to perform the 'click on minimised prog.....carry out Alt+F10' command automatically - or even from a launcher icon on the desktop?

Perhaps launching it in a virtual desktop would help?

Otherwise, Autohotkey can do that:
http://www.autohotkey.com/

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-Austin

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » Sat May 23, 2009 2:11 pm

Problem solved!

Many thanks for the Autohotkeys suggestion - it has worked perfectly. I have made a desktop icon which launches an AHK script and this in turn launches the WriteOutLoud itself. Launched in this way it opens up and maximises automatically, just as it would in Windows. So I can now launch the program with a double click on a single icon without any trace of workarounds or loss of speed!

I'll be looking into lots more possibilities for AHK - seems to have amazing potential.

Sincere thanks.

Graeme