Problem with Crossover Office after kernel upgrade to FC5

[Mike C]

With an up to date FC5 running in a 386 machine using the kernel from 
the original distribution ( kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ) I was using
MS Word XP and MS Excel XP under Crossover Office from 
codeweavers without problems.

Today after the upgrade to kernel kernel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5, each time Word
or Excel loaded once the main window filled there was an error window
saying that the application had an error, and inviting via a checkbox
to save and restart.

This window re-appeared as soon as the application restarted, and the 
application had to be killed.

Reverting to the original kernel allowed these applications to 
run normally again.

Anyone else having these problems ?

I also put a ticket into the CXO site at

http://www.codeweavers.com/support/tickets/browse/?ticket_id=81133;list=6;
ticket_level=2

Mike

[Gerry Tool]

Mike Cohler wrote:
>  With an up to date FC5 running in a 386 machine using the kernel from
>
>  the original distribution ( kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ) I was using
>  MS Word XP and MS Excel XP under Crossover Office from 
>  codeweavers without problems.
>  
>  Today after the upgrade to kernel kernel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5, each time Word
>  or Excel loaded once the main window filled there was an error window
>  saying that the application had an error, and inviting via a checkbox
>  to save and restart.
>  
>  This window re-appeared as soon as the application restarted, and the 
>  application had to be killed.
>  
>  Reverting to the original kernel allowed these applications to 
>  run normally again.
>  
>  Anyone else having these problems ?
>  
>  I also put a ticket into the CXO site at
>  
>  http://www.codeweavers.com/support/tickets/browse/?ticket_id=81133;list=6;
>  ticket_level=2
>  
>  Mike
>   
Word, Excel and Access all function fine in my FC4 upgraded to FC5 
system, using Crossover Office 5.0 and with the new 2080_FC5 kernel.

Gerry

[Mike C]

Gerry Tool <gstool <at> earthlink.net> writes:


>  > Mike
>  > 
>  Word, Excel and Access all function fine in my FC4 upgraded to FC5 
>  system, using Crossover Office 5.0 and with the new 2080_FC5 kernel.
>  
>  Gerry
>   
Hi Gerry

I am running CrossoverPro 5.1 if that makes any difference ....

Did you do an upgrade install or a clean install ?  Did you run the Crossover
install again once FC5 was running to regenerte the menus.  I am also using KDE
and not Gnome - again all these small differences may matter ?

Mike

[Gerry Tool]

Mike Cohler wrote:
>  Gerry Tool <gstool <at> earthlink.net> writes:
>  
>  
> >> Mike
> >>
> > Word, Excel and Access all function fine in my FC4 upgraded to FC5 
> > system, using Crossover Office 5.0 and with the new 2080_FC5 kernel.
> >
> > Gerry
> >
>  
>  Hi Gerry
>  
>  I am running CrossoverPro 5.1 if that makes any difference ....
>  
>  Did you do an upgrade install or a clean install ?  Did you run the Crossover
>  install again once FC5 was running to regenerte the menus.  I am also using KDE
>  and not Gnome - again all these small differences may matter ?
>  
>  Mike
>  
>   
I did an upgrade of FC4 to FC5 using the downloaded DVD.  I also had a 
separate install of FC5T3 prior to release that I had successfully used 
Crossover 5.0 on.

I did not run the Crossover install again. The menus survived the 
upgrade.  I am using Gnome, but after writing this, I'll switch to KDE 
and see if it works there.  Unfortunately my support on Crossover office 
expired and I can't upgrade to 5.1 without a new fee.  Since 5.0 seems 
to be doing what I need, I'll wait until more development there makes it 
more worthwhile to upgrade.

Gerry

[Gerry Tool]

Gerry Tool wrote:
>  Mike Cohler wrote:
> > Gerry Tool <gstool <at> earthlink.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >> Word, Excel and Access all function fine in my FC4 upgraded to FC5 
> >> system, using Crossover Office 5.0 and with the new 2080_FC5 kernel.
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >>
> >
> > Hi Gerry
> >
> > I am running CrossoverPro 5.1 if that makes any difference ....
> >
> > Did you do an upgrade install or a clean install ?  Did you run the 
> > Crossover
> > install again once FC5 was running to regenerte the menus.  I am also 
> > using KDE
> > and not Gnome - again all these small differences may matter ?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>  I did an upgrade of FC4 to FC5 using the downloaded DVD.  I also had a 
>  separate install of FC5T3 prior to release that I had successfully used 
>  Crossover 5.0 on.
>  
>  I did not run the Crossover install again. The menus survived the 
>  upgrade.  I am using Gnome, but after writing this, I'll switch to KDE 
>  and see if it works there.  Unfortunately my support on Crossover office 
>  expired and I can't upgrade to 5.1 without a new fee.  Since 5.0 seems 
>  to be doing what I need, I'll wait until more development there makes it 
>  more worthwhile to upgrade.
>  
>  Gerry
>   
The menus are still in KDE and the apps work fine there too.  Sorry this 
isn't much help, but hopefully the codeweavers team can help get your 
problem solved.

Gerry

[Mike C]

Gerry Tool <gstool <at> earthlink.net> writes:

>  The menus are still in KDE and the apps work fine there too.  Sorry this 
>  isn't much help, but hopefully the codeweavers team can help get your 
>  problem solved.
>  
>  Gerry
>   
Gerry

Thanks

The menu issue is not the main problem - the windows apps menus were there, but
the Crossover menu was not - but that is easy to remedy - the key problem was
that with the updated kernel the apps would not run. That is the critical matter.

I know that the change from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16 was a big rebase so I guess there
are bugs arising from that.

Hopefully this will be tested and others may see the same bug.

Mike

[Mike C]

Mike Cohler <mike.cohler <at> gmail.com> writes:

>  
>  With an up to date FC5 running in a 386 machine using the kernel from 
>  the original distribution ( kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ) I was using
>  MS Word XP and MS Excel XP under Crossover Office from 
>  codeweavers without problems.
>  
>  Today after the upgrade to kernel kernel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5, each time Word
>  or Excel loaded once the main window filled there was an error window
>  saying that the application had an error, and inviting via a checkbox
>  to save and restart.
>  
>  This window re-appeared as soon as the application restarted, and the 
>  application had to be killed.
>  
>  Reverting to the original kernel allowed these applications to 
>  run normally again.
>  
>  Anyone else having these problems ?
>  
>  I also put a ticket into the CXO site at
>  
>  http://www.codeweavers.com/support/tickets/browse/?ticket_id=81133;list=6;
>  ticket_level=2
>  
>  Mike
>   
With the latest kernel that came in last night (kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5)
the residual problems that I had with my smp machine being unable to run Office
XP in Crossover finally resolved, and all machines in which I am running Office
XP now work without problems. The only change I needed was the replacement
wine-preloader file available from the codeweavers site - see the ticket quoted
above.

Mike