Notes under Wine working! ;)

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It’s not a problem report, it’s a success report. :wink:

I’ve had a neverending streak of problems with Notes under Wine on Linux and I have seen here on the forum that it has never been really solved.

I have just tried the latest wine build from source 20050628 and it works perfect!

All of the pitfalls I had so far seem to be solved, including the calendar, tasks, mail folders (would hang wine before) and many others.

I am still testing, but so far it works in 100% tasks I need in my organisation.

So - if you have problems - a tested config:

  1. Wine 20050628 from www.winehq.org

  2. Kernel 2.6.x (2.6.7 in my case)

  3. Wine compiled from sources (it matters sometimes)

  4. Notes 6.5.4 copied from an XP installation (the whole ‘lotus’ directory tree from ‘Program Files’)

  5. MFC42.DLL and MSVCP60.DLL copied to windows/system under wine (NOTHING MORE)

  6. Windows emulation set to “XP” in Wine, but I don’t think it matters much.

Voila!

None of the previous Wine releases worked that well. A big thank you to Wine developers here.

Jack Piskorski

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Subject: Notes under Wine working! :wink:

good to hear.

but i really wonder if that because new wine version is much better or if lotus/ibm has done the step to check if it’s running and fix certain things before release:)

Markus Seitz

markus.seitz@icodex.com

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Subject: RE: Notes under Wine working! :wink:

No, it’s WINE version that makes all the difference. I have three still installed here (didn’t have the time to remove them).

Depending on WINE version:

20050628 - Everything works perfect

20050524 - Runs, but hangs on some basic operations like open mail folder (won’t open any)

20050310 - Won’t even show mail, it stays on Welcome Page, hangs or crashes on ANY operation.

All testing done ceteris paribus of course. :wink: