jjmckenzie wrote: > > Can you open another terminal window and run: > > Code: > > ps -ef | grep wine > > > > > and advise what you get in return? > > James McKenzie This is what I get (using `wine cmd`) as a test : Code: $ ps -ef | grep wine scott 16247 1 0 May13 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/wineserver scott 16283 16281 0 May13 ? 00:00:00 C:\windows\system32\winedevice.exe MountMgr scott 18853 18611 0 May13 pts/0 00:00:00 wineboot.exe --update scott 24852 20437 0 08:27 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto wine [quote=vitamin]In most cases it's caused by a network printer that does not respond. If you have such a printer configured - try removing it. Or make sure it's available. Or you can try stopping cups.[/quote] I don't have a network printer. Stopping cups seemed to have no effect.