From c481a37275e7184cac2a9da47161b6acc7968443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Ritchie Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:13:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove two ancient FAQ entries that did more harm than good. Replace a reference to wine.conf with ~/.wine/config. --- documentation/faq.sgml | 105 +---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 104 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/faq.sgml b/documentation/faq.sgml index 70f54b03531..2fcdd1ca1cd 100644 --- a/documentation/faq.sgml +++ b/documentation/faq.sgml @@ -633,40 +633,6 @@ - - - What other software do I need to install, compile and run - Wine? - - - - - Many development tools are needed in order to compile Wine. - A list of required packages for several distributions is included in - the README ( - http://source.winehq.org/source/README). - - - To run Wine, you will need the following: - - - - - The compiled Wine binary - - - A properly configured wine.conf file (or ~/.winerc file) - - - An installed and working X Window system - - - Some Windows programs to test - - - - - How much RAM do I need to have on my UNIX system to be able to run @@ -738,75 +704,6 @@ - - - - Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order to - run MS Windows programs under Wine? - - - - - Many folks have successfully installed and run programs - in their UNIX file system without having a DOS partition or MS - Windows. However, in many cases you need a directory and file - infrastructure that is similar to an existing Windows installation. - Some applications' installation programs want to distribute some of - the package's files into the /windows and /windows/system - directories in order to run, and unless these exist on your UNIX - file system, those programs will not install correctly and probably - will not run well, if at all. Most packages will set that up for you - as part of the install process. - - - If you have a DOS partition with MS Windows installed in it, make - sure that your UNIX system can 'see' this partition (check your - /etc/fstab file or mount the partition manually) so that Wine can - run the MS Windows binaries located in the DOS partition. To run - without a DOS partition, you need to set a UNIX path to be your - drive C, and make sure that the /windows and /windows/system - directories point to some place that actually exist. - - - Here's an example, copied from a machine which has no DOS partition - but successfully runs Wine: - - - [Drive C] - Path=/var/lib/wine - Type=hd - [wine] - Windows=c:\windows - System=c:\windows\system - Temp=e:\ - - - In /var/lib/wine/windows, you will need to - install a win.ini config file that you might - find on a typical MS Windows 3.1 machine. The directory - /var/lib/wine/windows/system should exist, but - doesn't need to contain anything. However, to use MS DLLs, you can - copy them into that directory. Note that this is a contravention of - the Windows licence unless Windows is properly installed on the - machine. If you have DOS/MS Windows installed on your system, you can - mount that partition at bootup by modifying the file - /etc/fstab in your UNIX partition (assuming that - the UNIX kernel supports the DOS/MS Windows file system type). - - - If you edit this file by hand, it should contain something similar - to the following: - - -/dev/hda1 /dosc msdos uid=0,gid=100,umask=007 0 0 - - - This will allow you to read and write to the DOS partition without - being root. - - - - @@ -876,7 +773,7 @@ Most of Wine's development effort is geared towards MS Windows' GUI, but some limited support for character mode has appeared, by setting - GraphicsDriver=ttydrv in wine.conf's + GraphicsDriver=ttydrv in ~/.wine/config's [wine] section.