Sv: [SLE] HELP please

Mvh Anders Bolinder IT-Tekniker ------------------------------------

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Maura Edelweiss Monville 05-10-15 08:10

I'm desperately trying to create some Power Point slides on my new laptop running SuSE 9.3 I downloaded CrossOver and click on "install Microsoft Office XP" after inserting the CD containing MS Office XP in the CD drive.

If I choose installation from CD_ROM /media/dvdrecorder and then click on 'Next >>' a window message pops up which reads: "We have tested your Linux CD drive configuration for compatibility with Windows CD-ROMs. This is necessary because some Windows CD-ROMs are not compatible with every Linux configuration. Unfortunately we found one or more problems with your CD drive configuration. Select 'Details' to learn more about the problems or 'Fix' to have CrossOver help you fix the problems" Then I click on 'Details" . Another message pops up that reads: (*) "We have tested your Linux CD drive configuration for compatibility with Windows CD-ROMs. Unfortunately only root can access the device file '/media/dvdrecorder'. This means that we were unable to determine whether or not your Linux system is compatible with this CD-ROM. If you select the 'Fix' option we will mark this device as readable and retry this test." I click on 'Fix' and a window pops up taht carries the following: "We need to make the following devices world readable: /media/dvdrecorder Do you want to meke the above modifications? [y/N]" I enter "y". The following appears in the window: "CrossOver will noe -change your cdrom device permissions su -c "chmod ugo+r /media/dvdrecorder" Please enter the root password:" I eneter the root password and the initial message , that I marked (*) , pops up again ! THIS IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE also called a DEADLOCK or IMPASSE !!!! I noted that Konqueror pops up showing the contents of the CD. That is it lists the contents of the directory: '/media/OFFICE10' I tried alternatively to install by choosing on the crossOver interface "Alternative CD-ROM location" and then selecting "/media/OFFICE10" but thsi brings me back to the above described loop (*) ... the DEADLOCK again ! I tried the lst option "Other .exe file" and tried selecting each one of the three .exe files cotained in /media/OFFICE10 If I choose "setup.exe" the system asks me for some Windows files that it cannot find and I think it tries to download MS Explorer 5/0 from the network ... SHOULD I connect my laptop to the network ???? If I choose "/media/OFFICE10/instmsi.exe" it tells me "Windows installer Set up completed successfully" Then I click on OK ... amessage pops up "simulating Windows reboot" and something is rea from the CD as I see the led on.. but then another massage appears "The installation of MicroSoft Office XP failed" If I choose "/media/OFFICE10/instmsiw.exe" a message appears that reads "ERROR" " An error occurred running the installation program" At this point I GIVE UP ! I think I'm better off replacing SuSE woith Windows to be ready with my slides for December graduation ! Maura I faced that problem too, solved it by copying the cd content to /home and installed it from there. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com