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|    Message 918 of 1,004    |
|    Tim Schattkowsky to Martin Foster    |
|    Re: WinPoint with Wine    |
|    19 Mar 23 18:03:27    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.6 4af1d21d       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0100       REPLY: 2:310/31.7@fidonet 0678701d       //Hello Martin,//              on *16.03.2023* at *10:45:00* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*       to *Alan Beck* about *"WinPoint with Wine"*.               MF> Hello Alan!               MF> *** Wednesday 15.03.23 at 07:43, Alan Beck wrote to Martin Foster:               MF> [snip]        AB>>>> sudo wine WinpointII.exe               MF>>> I don't understand why you're running wine as "Super User" ??               AB>> It is the only mode that works on Ubuntu.               MF> Hmmmmmmm, have a look at what "ask Ubuntu" has to say about this:               MF> https://tinyurl.com/2xrbnpun              Well, I bet you installed it using sudo causing your problems ;) I guess, Wine       installs for the current user, und if you use sudo for the setup, WP is       getting installed for root and only works when youre root (as in using sudo).              Regards,       Tim              --- WinPoint 415.0        * Origin: Original WinPoint Origin! (2:310/31.6)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 15/0 16/0 19/37 80/1 106/201 124/5016 142/104 153/757       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 203/0 221/0 1 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113       SEEN-BY: 229/307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120 266/512 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5555 282/1038 292/854 8125 301/1 310/31 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 320/2119 341/66 234 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 5020/830       PATH: 310/31 280/464 203/0 320/219 229/426           |
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