Wine + Ubuntu Server

[dbecker]

Quick Q:

will Wine install/run in Ubuntu 10.04 Server (Lucid Lynx)?

have a win32.exe that I like to run in linux; the .exe runs exclusively in the terminal window, no gui.

thanks!

[SpawnHappyJake]

Yes

[jorl17]

Beware that most win32 console apps (and, henceforth, Wine itself) require a GUI environment even if they only run in "the console". You willl probably need an X server. Search this forum for those kinds of questions, as they've been answered many many many times.

Cheers,

Jorl17

[dbecker]

I guess xvfb is the answer...

Xvfb :1 &
DISPLAY=:1 wine myprogram.exe


thanks for the info guys, will let ya know how it goes.

[dbecker]

turns out my .exe will run without a virtual X server!

Just one Q...

how to I run multiple instances of myprogram.exe on ubuntu server? I launch: wine myprogram.exe, then I can't do any other work; the program starts.

I tried 'wine myprogram.exe&' but it doesn't run in background...

thanks.

[dbecker]

should have mentioned; myprogram.exe communicates via rs232 serial port so as soon as it's launched, communication starts to scroll on the console.

[vitamin]

should have mentioned; myprogram.exe communicates via rs232 serial port so as soon as it's launched, communication starts to scroll on the console.

So how do you expect multiple copies of this program to work? Or you have multiple serial ports?

[dbecker]

should have mentioned; myprogram.exe communicates via rs232 serial port so as soon as it's launched, communication starts to scroll on the console.

So how do you expect multiple copies of this program to work? Or you have multiple serial ports?

multiple folders; each with a copy of the .exe and .ini file
multiple serial ports

In ubuntu desktop, I'd just start 4 dif. terminals; worked great. Obiv. can't start this many terms. in ubuntu server.

[vitamin]

Obiv. can't start this many terms. in ubuntu server.

Of course you can.

[dbecker]

got 3 instances working with: screen wine myprogram.exe

thanks,