On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:23:13 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > Part of your problem _may_ be related to the distribution. (snip) Hmmm .... RedHat was the only linux I'd ever used; and Fedora doesn't seem so bad if you stay at least one full release number behind; but I admit I've been wondering about -- say -- whitebox. Any thoughts on that? > Another part of your problem _may_ be related to the resources required > by these mapping applications and how well those resources are supported > by wine. I'm thinking of graphics capabilities in particular. An older > version of the mapping software, one designed for win98 for example, may > be more fully supported by wine than the latest version that's designed > to run on XP or whatever it is Microsoft is pushing this week. The ones I tried with Codeweavers were the same CDs I used under W98 on a 3GB hard drive -- in the same pentium II machine as before, in which I was running RH9 on two new hard drives of 20 and 30 GB. > Finally, you may want to find a local users group ... (snip) I tried on VTLUUG (I'm in the same town as Virginia Tech), with no response, in May of 2003. I've just modified that slightly and reposted it. Thanks -- and wish me luck. But the more expert friends I spoke of were on Novalug (my wife & I have recently retired from Northern to Western Virginia); I've tried again there, too -- again without success. I think I'd better try to find a GPS list that isn't 99 44/100% over my head; GPS and topo maps don't seem to interest Wine-iacs all that much ... -- Beartooth Autodidact, curmudgeonly codger learning linux Remember I know precious little of what I'm talking about! _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
