Installation and usage under Wine?
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:08 am
I've been exploring non-Windows platforms lately -- namely Mac and Linux -- and would love to be able to use Zofzpcb there. However, I've been experiencing issues actually running it.
The good news is that the issues are consistent across Mac and Linux, and I've managed to replicate it under WSL2 on Windows. Consistency is nice. I'm using Vulkan (via DXVK) as a rendering engine, which means I should have full D3D support.
When I use the installer on the Mac, it complains that "An error occurred". It doesn't say what the error is, but given that it only happens on the Mac I'm inclined to say it's an issue with 32- vs 64-bit support in some sub-program the installer runs. The installer works fine on WSL2, where it successfully installs the program.
The issue appears when running the program. On Linux and Mac I get a popup window that says "m-error", along with a black window. This happens both with the installed version as well as the portable version.
What is "m-error"? Is there any way to get more information as to what it's doing? Has anyone succeeded in running Zofzpcb under Wine?
The good news is that the issues are consistent across Mac and Linux, and I've managed to replicate it under WSL2 on Windows. Consistency is nice. I'm using Vulkan (via DXVK) as a rendering engine, which means I should have full D3D support.
When I use the installer on the Mac, it complains that "An error occurred". It doesn't say what the error is, but given that it only happens on the Mac I'm inclined to say it's an issue with 32- vs 64-bit support in some sub-program the installer runs. The installer works fine on WSL2, where it successfully installs the program.
The issue appears when running the program. On Linux and Mac I get a popup window that says "m-error", along with a black window. This happens both with the installed version as well as the portable version.
What is "m-error"? Is there any way to get more information as to what it's doing? Has anyone succeeded in running Zofzpcb under Wine?