On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:56 PM, r2rX <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys. > > From what i've gathered, you can either download winetricks manually or use the version, placed in /usr/bin, that comes with WINE when installing it in Ubuntu. > > At the moment, i'm depending on the version that came pre-configured with WINE 1.2 rc5. > > A question, though.....if I run winetricks via gksu winetricks, as opposed to sh winetricks, does that make a difference on how it will save the settings on my account? > > Cause I can only run it as gksu....sh does not work...it says: > > > Code: > /usr/bin$ sh winetricks > winetricks: 3824: cannot create /home/ready2rumbelx/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp/zenity.sh: Permission denied > winetricks: 3824: cannot create /home/ready2rumbelx/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp/zenity.sh: Permission denied > sh: Can't open /home/ready2rumbelx/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp/zenity.sh > > > > Is this normal? Does winetricks running as 'root' save the necessary settings applicable for Wine on my account/profile? > No this is not normal. Have you ever run wine as root, su, sudo. If so you messed your virtual wine up. John
