Question about installing DirectX

jake.smith · Post by **jake.smith** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:28 am

I have a quick question - I have been starting to test if bugs are still in the current git of wine. When trying to test a DirectX bug I came across this weird behavior and I am trying to figure out why/if there is a problem or I'm doing something wrong/different. Here's the scenario:

1. Make and install current git of wine (did with 1.1.23-xxx and 1.1.24 and currently trying with wine-1.1.24-140-ge920f5f) under Ubuntu 9.04.

2a.

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$wine Desktop/directx_mar2009_redist.exe

to extract install files.

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$wine Desktop/temp/DXSETUP.exe

to install which shows the license agreement, then the ready to install, and then after clicking next to start install it generates these errors and goes directly to "Installation complete" window:
fixme:reg:GetNativeSystemInfo (0x8ae770) using GetSystemInfo()
fixme:mscoree:GetCORVersion (0x8ae368, 600, 0x8ae354): semi-stub!

2b. But if I right click on DXSETUP.exe from Nautilus 2.26.2 and choose "Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader"" it goes through license, ready to install, and begins installing files (properly from the looks).

What is the difference between launching from command line and launching from Nautilus that would cause the different behavior??

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:37 am

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, jake.smith<[email protected]> wrote:

I have a quick question - I have been starting to test if bugs are still in the current git of wine. Â When trying to test a DirectX bug I came across this weird behavior and I am trying to figure out why/if there is a problem or I'm doing something wrong/different. Â Here's the scenario:

1. Make and install current git of wine (did with 1.1.23-xxx and 1.1.24 and currently trying with wine-1.1.24-140-ge920f5f) under Ubuntu 9.04.

2a.
Code:
$wine Desktop/directx_mar2009_redist.exe

to extract install files.

Code:
$wine Desktop/temp/DXSETUP.exe

to install which shows the license agreement, then the ready to install, and then after clicking next to start install it generates these errors and goes directly to "Installation complete" window:
fixme:reg:GetNativeSystemInfo (0x8ae770) using GetSystemInfo()
fixme:mscoree:GetCORVersion (0x8ae368, 600, 0x8ae354): semi-stub!

2b. But if I right click on DXSETUP.exe from Nautilus 2.26.2 and choose "Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader"" it goes through license, ready to install, and begins installing files (properly from the looks).

What is the difference between launching from command line and launching from Nautilus that would cause the different behavior??

Nautlius sets the proper path.

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-Austin

jake.smith · Post by **jake.smith** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:10 am

austin987 wrote:On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM,
Nautlius sets the proper path.

Meaning I should be setting a path at the command line when testing bugs and/or running programs?

As in...

WINEDLLPATH
Specifies the path(s) in which to search for builtin dlls and
Winelib applications. This is a list of directories separated by
":". In addition to any directory specified in WINEDLLPATH, Wine
will also look in /usr/local/lib/wine.

?

Would you mind giving an example...? Thanks!

Jake

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:16 am

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:10 PM, jake.smith <[email protected]> wrote:

austin987 wrote:
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM,
Nautlius sets the proper path.

Meaning I should be setting a path at the command line when testing bugs and/or running programs?

Yes, change directory to the path of the executable.

John

jake.smith · Post by **jake.smith** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:42 am

Oh that's easy! (Doh!)

Thanks!

Jake

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:52 pm

jake.smith wrote:2a.
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$wine Desktop/directx_mar2009_redist.exe
2b. But if I right click on DXSETUP.exe from Nautilus 2.26.2 and choose "Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader"" it goes through license, ready to install, and begins installing files (properly from the looks).

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal

jake.smith · Post by **jake.smith** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:24 am

vitamin wrote:http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal

Cool very helpful info!
(RTM @ me)

Thanks!

Jake