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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:30:46 +0100 From: Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Doctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Win4Lin Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 04:32:03 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Setting up Win4Lin on Debian (tested 2.2) * get the Win4Lin rpm package * use alien to convert to a deb --> alien -d Win4lin*.rpm (don't use the -c switch) * install the deb * change directories to /opt/win4lin/ and run the script postinst-rpm.sh * if suidmanager is running on your system then open the file /etc/suid.conf and edit the Win4lin lines, changing 6146 124 to root bin: win4lin /opt/win4lin/bin/mountc root bin 4555 win4lin /opt/win4lin/mcd root bin 4555 win4lin /opt/win4lin/publicbin/dosexec root bin 4555 [Win4lin has permissions set to root bin, but suidmanager runs a cron job every day changing that to 6146 124, which makes Win4lin not run until you change it back. Editing suid.conf will solve this problem.] P.S. I running kernel 2.2.12, so can't help you with 2.2.18. If you can compile the kernel with support for Win4Lin then you're set. --hans At 05:24 PM 2/26/01 -0500, The Doctor wrote: >The win4lin installer seems heavily rpm-centric. >Has anyone had any luck getting win4lin to work? I just tried running alien on the rpm but I'm getting nowhere fast. >I recompiled my 2.2.18 kernel with their patches, but I'd appreciate anyones experience in a sequence of events to make this successful. >-- thedoctor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology (Soon: Asst Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, stephen wrote: > Does anyone know of a good step-by-step guide to installing Win4Lin on > Debian? I've searched for one, and I've found several places where people > claim to have it working, but I've been unable to find a guide to getting > up and going. I used alien to convert the rpm and installed that, but > everything after than has failed miserably. > > Thanks! > -- > steve > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
