[Coco] Coco 3 emulator and Linux

[Keith Clark]

On 12-07-11 11:54 AM, Andrew wrote:
> Keith,
>
> I'm not an expert on Wine; but if I experienced this, I would probably 
> first try running the application (VCC) from the command line with 
> Wine to see if any error messages appeared when it crashed. I would 
> also check the various log files in Ubuntu (keep the Log File Viewer 
> open and running while to try, just to see if/where the messages pop 
> up when it crashes). I would also look and see if Wine itself has any 
> logging of its own (I don't know if it does, but I would think it would).
>
> I forgot to mention that I am also running 64-bit on an Intel 
> processor (with an nVidia chipset, IIRC), and I probably have the 
> Intel 32-bit wrapper/extensions installed too (not sure if any of that 
> would make a difference; I've had this system so long and so many 
> "extras" and such are on it - not all from "canonical" sources, that 
> it's become a bit of a "frankenbox"). My vidcard is also nVidia.
>
> Do other programs under Wine work ok for you? I guess what I am 
> getting at is whether you installed Wine just for VCC, or if you have 
> used it for other things in the past and everything was ok (I've got a 
> few things on mine; EagleCAD, Google Sketchup, and VCC)...
>
> That's about all the help I can give (and to be honest, I don't know 
> if VCC is completely stable; I've only scratched the surface of it; I 
> don't really like using Wine for anything if I can avoid it).
>
> Andrew L. Ayers
> Glendale, Arizona
>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:49:18 -0400
>> From: Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco 3 emulator and Linux
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Message-ID: <4FFCA35E.1000209 at waterloosubstop.com>
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>> I am trying VCC right now with VCC 1.42/Ubuntu 12.04/Wine 1.4 and it
>> crashes just after displaying the Coco Basic version message. Cursor
>> blinks for about 5 seconds and then freezes solid.
>
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Thanks!  It ended up being a sound issue.  I changed the output type and 
all is well!  I have a working Coco again, well sort of!

Thanks again for your help.

Keith