Help Please..programs will not run

[dfd001]

I am using Dell Inspiron 1420 Dual Boot Windows Vista Pinguy 12.04

Wine 1.5.6 installed with OS, also in repository.

Tried loading 2 programs: Esword, DVDFab

E-Sword
Loads fine (as in no errors, etc) But had to search for start up icon. Found it in directory Wine...browse C:drive..program files. When I started program, I got following message: "ODC Bolst Runtime error '429' ActiveX component can't create object". Earlier, I had seen here where esword was installed with platinum and gold ratings, but I cannot make it work.

DVDFab
Admitedly, this was a new install (least, I did not see it on the list on winehq site). But the problem goes to wine configuration. "Wine Configuration failed to connect to Mount Manager. Drive configuration cannot be edited"

Neither program shows up in the wine programs menu when I try to uninstall them.

Help greatly appreciated.

[dimesio]

Where did you get Wine from? The only time I have seen that message about mount manager in winecfg was from a broken 64 bit Wine package that did not include some of the needed 32 bit parts.

Your Wine version is old, so you need to upgrade anyway.

[dfd001]

Thanks for reply. The wine version I have came with the installation of my OS. Will try to update. Hopefully that will cure the problem.

[dfd001]

Update (what I did, or tried to do)

I uninstalled Wine 1.5.6, installed 1.4 (got from WineHQ.) At first seemed OK..when I opened the configuration, I got message that said updating, the program opened and under drives showed Z and C. But when I tried to install a program (in this case e-sword), it reverted right back to my origional problem. So then I uninstalled ..1.4 and reinstalled 1.5.26 (again...got it from here). See above. Same problems.

I tried an older version of the program (e-sword), same results. I installed another program...TheWord...and that appears to work, provided I open it from wine...browse c: Drive...program files...the Word. (cannot open it from desktop...get an error about bibles loading)

I should mention also that in the uninstall wine programs, NONE of the installed programs shows up. According to that, I have no programs installed. And also, (not sure if it's important or not) DVDFab does open and run...it just will not see the dvd player. Other programs do, so it's not a problem with pinguy.

Apologies if I confused you...I know I confused me. But this is getting expasperating.

Thanks for the replies/help.

[dimesio]

Are you still getting the error message about mount manager?

DVDFab should work out of the box; it does on my system.

[dfd001]

I still get the same messages. And no joy. I forgot to add that winetricks does not load, either.

[dimesio]

If you are still getting that message, your Wine install is broken. Mount manager not working would definitely prevent DVDFab from seeing your dvd drive. Based on the few other times I have seen that message, it is probably a 64 bit install missing the necessary 32 bit parts

When you say you got Wine "from WineHQ", do you mean you downloaded the source and compiled it yourself? WineHQ does not distribute binaries. The links on the Downloads page are there as a convenience; the packages are built and maintained by the distros.

If you built Wine yourself, my guess is you compiled 64 bit Wine only, when you need a shared WoW64 setup. If you used a package, you many have used the wrong one for your distro (there is no link for Pinguy), or you may have failed to install all the necessary packages, or the package itself may be broken.

[dfd001]

When you say you got Wine "from WineHQ", do you mean you downloaded the source and compiled it yourself? WineHQ does not distribute binaries. The links on the Downloads page are there as a convenience; the packages are built and maintained by the distros.

Was not aware of this. But it was from the download page.

[dfd001]

I got my system working.

In researching this, I came across something in an Ubuntu forum where a person was having similar problems. Essentially, it was to open a terminal and run this command:

sudo rm -rvf ~/.wine

I did and it worked.

Thanks for all your replies and efforts. And trust me...if there is a way to screw something up, I will find it. So don't be surprised if I am back again asking more stupid questions!!

[dimesio]

Glad you got it working. What that command did was delete the wineprefix, which is where Wine stores its fake c: drive. You should not have had to do that as sudo, however, unless you had run Wine as root at some time in the past and messed up the permissions. (If you had, that could have been the source of your problems; never run Wine as root.)