Why doesn't CrossOver Office work on Fedora and RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
Linux - SoftwareThis forum is for Software issues.
Having a problem installing a new program? Want to know which application is best for the job? Post your question in this forum.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
With the Fedora and RHEL 3 releases, RedHat has introduced two new features to their Linux: 'prelink' and 'exec shield'. Unfortunately both completely break Wine and therefore CrossOver.
We are still working to better understand the problem but the current workaround is to disable both.
To disable prelink, edit /etc/sysconfig/prelink and change 'yes' to 'no'. Then manually run /etc/cron.daily/prelink as root.
To disable exec shield edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add the line
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield
This will turn exec shield off at boot time, to turn it off now type the following command as root
# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield
On Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 you will need to run the following command in the same terminal you launch OfficeSetup or a Crossover based application.
$ ulimit -s unlimited
The above command only affects the shell that it is run in.
i had the same problem. when my box died i reinstalled the OS (enterprise 3) and was having a problem installing crossover and getting it to work properly. the only way that i got it to work again (which i had installed previously but didnt think about it) was to install java back onto my system and then set up the paths. hope that helps.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.