On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:32 PM, shobuz99<wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > austin987 wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:28 PM, shobuz99<wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > I'm sure everyone is tired of my problems, and would rather spend >> > July 4th weekend doing something else. I don't blame you. So would I. >> > It's also my younger son's birthday and he'll be 34 years old. >> > >> > So, I'll just offer an update to all and if anyone wants to; they can jump in and tell me I'm nuts, screwed, and annoying. I won't be offended. >> > >> > I have narrowed things down, somewhat. I run the rm -rvf ~/.wine >> > from terminal, and then run winecfg. There is an error message that scrolls down the screen and then aborts.. >> > before it does, I try to read all of the content. I can't finish reading because the machine logs me off Ubuntu and goes to my logon screen for username and password. >> > >> >> That points to broken graphics drivers. >> >> >> > When I come back, I am able to run winecfg, with no problem; BUT >> > the drives are not listed in the drive tab and the error complains of mount manager failure, in Terminal output. >> > >> >> The ubuntu builds have that problem, not sure why. You can compile >> yourself to fix the mount manager problem. >> >> >> >> > I have done some research into this and found very little that is helpful or akin to my issue. >> > I'm sure of one thing, Wine has difficulties doing any cfg after it is removed. >> > Even if I go to Synaptic PKg mgr and completely remove it and any other wine related packages including wine-doors, and wine-gecko: and then go through the re-install of all of them. >> > Still the same problems. >> > I have done something or something has changed, during the course. I recall being able to see the drives listed on the drives tab... >> > BTW.. Wine-gecko shows up in several of the error messages that scroll before I am logged off. I have no time to catch all that is listed. >> > >> > Which brings me to a question: Is there a switch I can add to the 'winecfg' command that outputs the error message to a text file or log, and saves it so I can view it when i re-logon?.. >> > i.e. winecfg -logfile log.txt or something? >> > >> >> winecfg &> log.txt >> >> -- >> -Austin > > > > Ok. Austin i have somewhere to start. > First: what do you recommend as a fix for the graphics drivers? Update to the latest. If you're using the open source, try the proprietary. Or vice versa. > Can I reinstall the drivers and recover? if so, your suggested steps 1-2-3..?? Likely. That depends on the video drivers...ask google. > Second: I did have drives tab of winecfg working at some point. It clearly listed them and no mount error.. > I'm afraid i've no experience running a compile.. > I don't know the first step... It's in the faq (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ) > What could have messed up Ubuntu in the first place? It's a bug in the Ubuntu Wine packages. > I don't remember, but I could have run sudo something that sholdn't have been...is that it? Wouldn't cause this problem, but don't do that. -- -Austin
