On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:44 AM, simeon.mattes <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > austin987 wrote: >> >> Sounds like a bug in window managing. That could be a bug in your >> window manager or wine. Using a virtual desktop should help. Your >> whole OS crashing, however, is a kernel/driver bug (unless you're >> running as root)... >> >> -- >> -Austin > > > What do you mean unless I'm running as root? Actually I'm running as a user. Should I try to run the same application as root? No. I mean that Wine can't crash your system unless you're running as root. Any crashes are simply bugs in the kernel or drivers, exposed by Wine. -- -Austin
