On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 09:20 -0700, Phil Meyer wrote: > Sean Bruno wrote: > > I've been trying to use the Transgaming version of wine on FC6 x86_64 at > > home recently. Some games do play flawlessly, but I am running into a > > baffling issue trying to install others. > > > > For Diablo 2, the installer will run and proceed normally until I need > > to swap out disks and it attempts to pull data off of the 'play disk.' > > The installer can 'see' the CD in the drive if I browse to it withing > > the wine session, so the disk is definitely present. > > > snip > > Hal is another issue with Cedega. > Its perfectly OK with Hal if you go ahead and put a 'fixed' entry in > /etc/fstab for the CDROM. That way cedega has a much easier time using > it, ejecting during installs, etc. > > This is what I used to good effect: > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto > defaults,user,managed,ro 0 0 > > > That way both hal and cedega were happy. > > Put in a CD, type: mount /media/cdrom > or Use one of the GUI mount tools. > > As for kernel tuning: > > I have these in /etc/sysctl.conf > > # Cedega Gaming > kernel.exec-shield = 0 > vm.legacy_va_layout = 1 The combination of both the sysctl.conf modifications and fstab modifications solved my issue! Thanks for the guidance Phil. I'm a little stunned that Cedega tech support didn't reply with this, but I'll post this information over on a thread at trangaming.org in the hopes that it helps others. Sean
