Roger wrote: > Hello here! > I'm using wine 0.9.58 on fedora 8. > > The problem isn't actually Age of Empires specific. It requires original dvd to run, but wheter the media is in drive or not, the error message is drawn: > > Code: > > A required security module cannot be activated. > This program cannot be executed (7000). > Please have a look at http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=module&c=7000 for further, more detailed information. > > > You might want to read this: http://wiki.winehq.org/CopyProtection Also upgrade Wine - your version is too old already. Make sure you have access to the cd-rom/dvd-rom device (if you cah read files from mounted cd/dvd does not mean you have access to the device itself (the one under /dev/ ).