--- Kelly Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 29, 2007 9:31 PM, joseph lockhart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just wondering if anyone else has trouble using > wine? > > everytime that i install it, i cannot get the > program > > that i would like to use with it to work (so far > > windows media player 9, realplayer 10, and a few > other > > programs that my wife wanted me to try and install > for > > her). > > RealPlayer 10 is available as a native Linux > program. You can get > it from real.com or you can add debian-multimedia to > your apt > repos.
yes thank you, i have found this and have it installed, works for what i need it for (which is previewing accompanyment tracks from a website) > In /etc/apt/sources.list, add a line like this: > deb > http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/debian/debian-multimedia/ > sid main > > The debian-multimedia.org website has other mirrors > you can use. > > By getting some packages from debian-multimedia it > is possible > to play all media types with native Linux media > players such as > GXine, MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine or Totem. The only > real reason to use > WMP or Real would be for familiarity. > > > > in fact all that i have been able to get to work > > with wine is notepad (which is of little use). > however > > top shows wine gobbling up resources even when it > is > > not running anything, dpkg shows an error on any > > attempt to reconfigure so i always end up removing > > wine after a couple of days. however, i do wonder > why > > it acts that way > > What are you system specs? What Debian version are > you using, and what Wine version? > right now i have two partitions. one with kubuntu 7.10 and one with etch, though i have also tried it in DSL 4.0, mandriva one 2008, and openSUSE 10.3 all with similar results > Once installed, try adjusting your settings in > winecfg. > > > I have only used Wine for a few games, such as > StarCraft, but > performance is not usually a major problem for me. I > use the > 3rd party Ubuntu Wine packages, because they are > more > up-to-date, sometimes much more. > > If you want to try this, add > > deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt feisty main > > to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. I think feisty > is the correct > release to go with etch. Right now, for Lenny > (testing) and > Sid I use gutsy. > > > Cheers, > Kelly Clowers > thanks for the reply, personally i don't *want* to use wine for anything, however the wife needs it for a few things (see previous reply on this same thead) and when i try to do it for her i end up with a slug of a machine. i'll post system info on another post jwlockhart Registered Linux User #458799 Registered Kubuntu User #19678 this user is penguin powered ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
