On 25.8.2010 0:42, Gary Roach wrote: > I just installed wine 1.0.1, Debian squeeze. The package never > registered with the menu system. When I attempted to install MATLAB from > disk, I got the following error: > r...@supercrunch:/home/wine# wine /media/cdrom0/setup.exe > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. > Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly. > > > My X server is definely running. I am using a KDE desktop environment. > > Winecfg errored out with the following: > > r...@supercrunch:/home/wine# winecfg > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on HD-Audio Generic, > disabling mixer > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. > Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly. > Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. > Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly. > err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 1114 > > I've looked at some of the web sites but haven't found much help. Does > anyone have a clue where to start fixing this. > > Thanks for any support. > > Gary R. > >
You should not run X11-programs straight as root, use gksudo or similar to achieve that. Actually you can install a Windows program as a regular user into your own $HOME/.wine -- Juha Tuuna -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c7556cd.6040...@iki.fi
