Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-16 Thread Jim C
Battlenet, as I understand it, has been a problem for quite some time with all You can say that again. We haven't even been able to get MechWarrior IV to network in Windows XP over our local net. I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't a firewall issue but we did try it with the firewall o

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-15 Thread Jack Coates
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 08:01, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 12:37, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:22, Jason Guidry wrote: > > > Piero Piutti wrote: > > > > Do you know if the cvs works fine as well? > > > > > > I'm working on it, I'll report back on how it goes > > >

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-15 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 12:37, Jack Coates wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:22, Jason Guidry wrote: > > Piero Piutti wrote: > > > Do you know if the cvs works fine as well? > > > > I'm working on it, I'll report back on how it goes > > > > Just tried Transgaming with a couple of kid games, no suc

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-14 Thread Jack Coates
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:22, Jason Guidry wrote: > Piero Piutti wrote: > > Do you know if the cvs works fine as well? > > I'm working on it, I'll report back on how it goes > Just tried Transgaming with a couple of kid games, no success. They both install okay, but neither runs. Arthur's Wilder

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Rob Lindsay
> > What about winesetuptk-0.6.1-b.i586.rpm, cvsup-glibc2.3.tar.gz & > > dcom95.exe? > > You may or may not make use of them though I would think that winesetuptk > and dcom95.exe would be good ideas at a minimum. The former should make > setting up wine easier via a tk-based graphical interface

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Jason Guidry
Piero Piutti wrote: Do you know if the cvs works fine as well? I'm working on it, I'll report back on how it goes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Piero Piutti
On Friday 13 June 2003 22:41, James Sparenberg wrote: > Subscription version... Ah! The wrong answer... :-) Do you know if the cvs works fine as well? -- Piero Piutti Powered by Kmail 1.5.2 - KDE 3.1.2 - Mandrake Linux 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:59, Piero Piutti wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2003 21:18, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other > > > day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on > > > without a hitch. They just recently int

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:08, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:00, Tango Echo wrote: > > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > > download from a directory

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Piero Piutti
On Friday 13 June 2003 21:18, Jack Coates wrote: > > If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other > > day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on > > without a hitch. They just recently introduced the fix for 9.1 and RH 9 excuse me, but, what vers

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Jack Coates
w00t!! My daughter's been pining for Reader Rabbit ever since I smacked down Win2K on the kiddy box. My son is addicted to Rocks'n'Diamonds though :-) On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:08, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:00, Tango Echo wrote: > > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was n

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 02:00 pm, Tango Echo wrote: > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > download from a directory other then t

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:00, Tango Echo wrote: > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > download from a directory other then the most recent > release... I"m really considering

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Tango Echo
Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the most recent. That is unless that link told me to download from a directory other then the most recent release... I"m really considering subscribing to Transgaming for at least the 3 mo period

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Tango Echo
es [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50 am, Tango Echo wrote: > I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night > for th

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
ription to Transgaming, try downloading the latest version (3.something) and trying again. I'm guessing your luck will improve... David -Original Message- From: Tango Echo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Wanted

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50 am, Tango Echo wrote: > I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night > for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on > > http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm > > Unfotunately I kept getting the

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50 am, Tango Echo wrote: > I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night > for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on > > http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm > > Unfotunately I kept getting the

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 11:49 am, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Thanks for the refs to the URLs, Joham. > > I have nearly got Photoshop 5.5 working - I think! - using the latest > SourceForge Wine MDK RPM. Once I'm successful with that I would like to get > InDe

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Rob Lindsay
Thanks for the refs to the URLs, Joham. I have nearly got Photoshop 5.5 working - I think! - using the latest SourceForge Wine MDK RPM. Once I'm successful with that I would like to get InDesign 1.5 sorted - the list of working applications suggests that INDD 2.0 does work. There was a great d

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Tango Echo
Message- From: Jim C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Wanted to try wine I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could get some Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft etc...) games to run under Mand

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Ken Thompson
On Thursday 12 June 2003 01:01 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 12 June 2003 01:56 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:30, João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho wrote: > > > I've tried dozen of times to install wine succ

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Jack Coates
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine > > > > Wine never worked for me, but crossover (a commercial thing based on > > wine) did. I'm running photoshop, macro

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 12 June 2003 01:56 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:30, João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho wrote: > > I've tried dozen of times to install wine successfully on mandrake to run > > half-life and its mods. The last try, i

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread James Sparenberg
nal Message - > From: "Jim C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:22 PM > Subject: [expert] Wanted to try wine > > > > I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could > get

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread SainTiss
Hi, actually, I've managed to get starcraft running using the pre-built free rpm ("normal" + glibc2) on http://wine.dataparty.no/ It's always the latest CVS of the free version of wine (the one that is included with MDK actually). What's even nicer, I don't even need an existing windows installat

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Steven Broos
Those apps run smoother with crossover than they do in windows :-) For games (forgot to mention that) you're better of using wineX I suppose, but I'm not familiar with it. I'm not much of a gamer. Crossover Office is developed especially for the use of desktop applications, and I don't think it

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho
rsday, June 12, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine > Wine never worked for me, but crossover (a commercial thing based on > wine) did. I'm running photoshop, macromedia flash, and several other > windows-applications which I need for work on my linux box. >

RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
net which still has some font rendering problems at last check. HTH David -Original Message- From: Jim C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Wanted to try wine I've never run a windows emulator before and I want

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Steven Broos
Wine never worked for me, but crossover (a commercial thing based on wine) did. I'm running photoshop, macromedia flash, and several other windows-applications which I need for work on my linux box. Yes, I paid for it, but it was (and is) worth every cent. Since wine is published under GPL, cross

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Dave Sherman
Jim C wrote: I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could get some Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft etc...) games to run under Mandrake 9.1 What I discovered is that 9.1 comes with only 1 emulator (that I've found so far) and it is a freakin Alpha. We were not amused.

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Remove the supplied wine and either spend a little and get the very good (for gaming) WineX rpm from Transgaming (or you can freely download the source and build it yourself, but it is a royal PITA). You could try Codeweaver's Wine (for a small fee

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho
t; Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:22 PM Subject: [expert] Wanted to try wine > I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could get > some Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft etc...) games to run under Mandrake 9.1 > > What I discovered is that 9.1 comes with onl

[expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-12 Thread Jim C
I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could get some Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft etc...) games to run under Mandrake 9.1 What I discovered is that 9.1 comes with only 1 emulator (that I've found so far) and it is a freakin Alpha. We were not amused. So. What is t