[K12OSN] Fwd: Unsupported Crossover (Wine) app installed in managed mode only runs as root.

[Joe Baker]

I've seen some very strange behavior with Crossover Office Pro 6.1.
Try running
    /opt/cxoffice/bin/cxmessage --help
Especially from a remote X desktop that logged in via XDMCP.
A user here noticed that when the Thunderbird email client launched
Excel to open an xls attachment that there would be a 1.5 minute delay
before a box came up (spawned by cxmessage - which said something to the
effect of "Email attachments can be dangerous do you want to
[Continue|Always Continue|Cancel]."

I had to remove the symbolic link to the bottle's configuration file and
replace it with a user owned copy so that "Always Continue" could be
selected and the preference saved.

Also, you might try logging in as the user locally on the system to see
if the application runs locally.  You've shown that it runs this way for
root, but you may be surprised if it also runs as a user on the local
machine.

-Joe Baker
262-763-3591 work


Krsnendu dasa wrote:
> I am cross posting this to the ltsp lists as I got no response from
> the Crossover list and this software is essential for our school
> system which I need to get running by Monday.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Krsnendu dasa* <krsnendu108 at gmail.com
> <mailto:krsnendu108 at gmail.com>>
> Date: 1 Oct 2007 13:12
> Subject: Unsupported app installed in managed mode only runs as root.
> To: discuss at crossover.codeweavers.com
> <mailto:discuss at crossover.codeweavers.com>
>
> I am running Ubuntu Feisty and CXL 6.1
> I have installed a multimedia program provided by the New Zealand
> Ministry of Education that is based on shockwave director.
> I installed it at home in single user mode and it runs well as on the
> main box as well as remotely with ltsp 5.
> When I went to install it at school I chose multiuser managed mode.
> The root can run the program no problem from the server (but not from
> a thin client.)
> For the end users (who are the ones who really matter), the program
> can be started but a system beep is heard and the program freezes when
> it starts. This is the same whether on the server or the thin client.
> I saw an error message box at one stage saying "I/O error"
>
> I guess it is a permissions problem but I don't know where to start.
> Can anyone offer any tips how to fix this problem?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Krsnendu dasa
>
> Update: If I wait a few minutes the program seems to respond
> temporarily before freezing again. The is no sound however and sound
> is essential.
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