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Name resolution error help needed

Post by Dzonatas »

Hello,

I've checked the FAQ and followed steps I can find there. I made sure my
/etc/hosts is correct as in the FAQ. I tried complete
uninstall/reinstall of Wine and data. Iceweasel and all other normal
linux programs work fine to resolve addresses. WoW under Wine works
fine. Fresh install of Firefox for Windows only works under Wine if I
use a IP address instead of a hostname, so Wine doesn't resolve
addresses. Has anybody ran into this problem, and how did you fix it?

I'm on Debian 2.6.22-3-amd64 with mainly testing/sid but with priority
to stable.
Wine version: wine-0.9.59
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=======================-=======================-==============================================================
ii libwine 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - library
ii libwine-alsa 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - ALSA sound module
ii libwine-capi 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - ISDN module
ii libwine-cms 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - color management module
un libwine-dev <none> (no description
available)
un libwine-esd <none> (no description
available)
ii libwine-gl 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - OpenGL module
ii libwine-gphoto2 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - camera module
un libwine-jack <none> (no description
available)
ii libwine-ldap 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - LDAP module
un libwine-nas <none> (no description
available)
un libwine-oss <none> (no description
available)
ii libwine-print 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - printing module
ii libwine-sane 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - scanner module
un libwine-twain <none> (no description
available)
ii wine 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - standard suite
ii wine-bin 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - binary loader
pn wine-doc <none> (no description
available)
ii wine-utils 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - utilities
un winesetuptk <none> (no description
available)
pn xwine <none> (no description
available)
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Name resolution error help needed

Post by austin987 »

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Dzonatas <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,

I've checked the FAQ and followed steps I can find there. I made sure my
/etc/hosts is correct as in the FAQ. I tried complete uninstall/reinstall of
Wine and data. Iceweasel and all other normal linux programs work fine to
resolve addresses. WoW under Wine works fine. Fresh install of Firefox for
Windows only works under Wine if I use a IP address instead of a hostname,
so Wine doesn't resolve addresses. Has anybody ran into this problem, and
how did you fix it?

I'm on Debian 2.6.22-3-amd64 with mainly testing/sid but with priority to
stable.
Wine version: wine-0.9.59

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=======================-=======================-==============================================================
ii libwine 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - library
ii libwine-alsa 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - ALSA sound module
ii libwine-capi 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - ISDN module
ii libwine-cms 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - color management module
un libwine-dev <none> (no description
available)
un libwine-esd <none> (no description
available)
ii libwine-gl 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - OpenGL module
ii libwine-gphoto2 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - camera module
un libwine-jack <none> (no description
available)
ii libwine-ldap 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - LDAP module
un libwine-nas <none> (no description
available)
un libwine-oss <none> (no description
available)
ii libwine-print 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - printing module
ii libwine-sane 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - scanner module
un libwine-twain <none> (no description
available)
ii wine 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - standard suite
ii wine-bin 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - binary loader
pn wine-doc <none> (no description
available)
ii wine-utils 0.9.59-1 Windows API
implementation - utilities
un winesetuptk <none> (no description
available)
pn xwine <none> (no description
available)


You need 32bit dns libraries. On ubuntu, should be either
lib32nss-mdns or libdns32.
Dzonatas

Name resolution error help needed

Post by Dzonatas »

Austin English wrote:
You need 32bit dns libraries. On ubuntu, should be either
lib32nss-mdns or libdns32.

$ apt-get install lib32nss-mdns
That worked on Debian. Awesome!

Thank you!
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