DOS memory range unavailable

[phildaman46]

I am getting a "DOS memory range unavailable" message when I'm trying to install Grim Fandango. What does this mean and how do I solve it.

[phildaman46]

No answers huh? Typical of these forums. You ask a question and no one helps.

[austin987]

If you'd read the FAQ, it may answer your question. Else, providing
terminal output, wine version, and a more detailed question will
probably get you better results.

On 5/24/08, phildaman46 <[email protected]> wrote:

No answers huh? Typical of these forums. You ask a question and no one
helps.

[John Drescher]

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:13 PM, phildaman46 <[email protected]> wrote:

No answers huh? Typical of these forums. You ask a question and no one helps.

You were not specific enough to help. And this is Saturday and a
holiday weekend in the US.

Where did you get this dos error message? Did you run this from the
shell? Can you post the output from there?

John

[Bamm]

I am getting a "DOS memory range unavailable" message when I'm trying to install Grim Fandango. What does this mean and how do I solve it.

You are running a 16-bit app. That's a problem caused by a recent update in the Linux kernel that prevents programs (particularly Wine) from accessing the first 64k of kernel memory. It was done to plug a security hole. So it's not a problem with Wine; rather the Linux kernel itself in increasing security unfortunately prevented running 16-bit apps in Wine.

If you're using Ubuntu try this:

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sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0

the above code temporarily allows access to this memory location, allowing you to run your 16-bit app. It will last until you shut down the computer, so you'll need to run the command again the next time you boot.

[phildaman46]

I'm using Wine version 0.9.61. When I click on the setup.exe for Grim Fandango, I get the Dos Memory Range message.

[phildaman46]

If you're using Ubuntu try this:

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sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0

the above code temporarily allows access to this memory location, allowing you to run your 16-bit app. It will last until you shut down the computer, so you'll need to run the command again the next time you boot.

Thanks for that code, it works now. The game installs and runs.

[shakaran]

With the latest version of Wine 1.0-rc2 'seems' that is no longer produced this problem in ubuntu 8.04. I recommend you add the repository of Wine and upgrade to the latest version.

For more information:
http://wiki.winehq.org/PreloaderPageZeroProblem (avaliable also in Spanish)