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   Message 942 of 1,004   
   Tim Schattkowsky to Martin Foster   
   Re: WinPoint with Wine   
   19 Mar 23 18:03:27   
   
   AREA:WINPOINT   
   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   
      
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