On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 02:55:04PM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote: > Marcus Meissner wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:26:00PM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote: > >>On a new box I'm preparing for someone, I did a fresh install of > >>10.3Alpha3 and applied factory updates just yesterday. The problem is to > >>do with 32-bit programs, like stuff under crossover office and > >>GooglePicasa, both of which are needed by the owner of the box. > >>These run fine on my x86_64 laptop also with 10.3Alpha3plus, so I'm > >>guessing there is a compat package(s) not installed. Thanks in advance > >>for any pointers/suggestions. > > > >Do: > > ulimit -v unlimited > >Then try again. > > > >I also tried Picasa and did not get it to work with 10.2 (likely the same > >for 10.3). > > > >wine itself works ;) > > > >Ciao, Marcus > > > > > > With ulimit set to unlimited I now get just a few memory allocation > failures in Picasa and lots with word97 under crossover office 5.0.1 on > the new box. On the x86_64 laptop (10.3Alphaplus upgraded from 10.2, > ulimit was already at unlimited) Picasa works fine. Under crossover > office 4.0 and word97 and friends are also fine. On the x86 box with > crossover office 6.0.1, no problems. > I shall update the new x86_64 box to CXO 6.0.1 to see if MS Office stuff > works there. > I'll fire questions on CXO to codeweavers list. > > Ran "rpm -qa|grep compat" on the one that works and the one that > doesn't, but nothing stands out.
I do not think there are RPMs missing, its just that newer Linux distributions tend to break Wine occasionaly. (Not so much as in earlier times, but still sometimes.) Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
