smartflower2002 wrote: > hey guys, > i am a newbie at linux, > i have installed fedora 12, updated most of the stuff of it.. (expect policies) > and i install wine using yum.. > it installed wine, installed its dependeces.. > > but now when i open any exe setup using wine. nothing happens,. nothing at all.... > call i can see is the glass of wine jumping besides the mouse curson.. > > and when i try to install a software using "install" option in "wine software uninstaller" > i get a error message.. > > but the strange thing is. the error messege is filled with "BOX'es" > > 4 small boxes nothing else.... no text nothing... > > so i unlocked the root, logged in using root. and tried to install software from it.. same problem.. can anyone please plaese help me... coz i really neeed to get it working.. > > PS:- all suggestions are accepted, coz im learning linux, and i am ready to screw it for learning...... > > (install wine from yum using SU) First, make sure you haven't installed 64 bit Wine, as it's not ready for use. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533806 Second, now that you've run Wine as root, you need to fix your permissions errors. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-96bebfa287b4288974de0df23351f278b0d41014 Once you've done that, if it still doesn't work, run Wine from a terminal and post whatever messages appear.
