hello all,
I am a green Linux newbie and am trying to configure Wine so I can use a few Win32 apps. I installed it word for word in the instructions (also in my RH9 Bible). It is installed fully and configured as far as the directions guide you... I get an error msg when trying to run an executable (pinball.exe- for a test) from the /bin directory. The msg reads as follows: "wine: chdir to /tmp/.wine-brian/server-303-8c8a2: no such file or directory". Can someone PLEASE tell me what I am doing wrong...... I have verified the "fake" windows config and verified rights.. Any help will lower my blood pressure- thanks!

Brian

Maybe the directory it can't find is INSIDE your home directory? In which case the path needs to be something like "home/brian/tmp..." etc. instead of just "/tmp..." etc.

Just a guess. Good luck! I gave up on Wine.

software? I am not fixed on Wine and I am open to other apps, just don't know too much about them. Any ideas?

Thanks again,
Brian

Word for linux? Try OpenOffice or StarOffice

There's a thread here somewhere where people were listing their favorite apps recently. A search for one of mine, xplns (planetarium program) ought to turn it up!

I need to be able to run MSAccess (because I can't get ODBC drivers to work on Linux) and Lotus Notes (which will work with Cross-Office - I just haven't tried). If someone out there knows anything about configuring ODBC on Linux, that would solve the majority of my problems! Thanks for all your help