Using the F800gs manual in linux

maigashi · 06-08-2013, 11:46 AM

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this, but don't know where else i would put it. Using the factory manual on cd and can't get text to show in the service instructions. I'm using Mint linux and wine to open the manual. Menu works fine and it will try and load the text but it comes up blank.
Thanks

Tinks · 06-08-2013, 11:56 AM

Ghostview or something similar?

maigashi · 06-09-2013, 01:01 PM

C'mon. Not one geek among us? Help a guy out. lol

Cowboy Mac · 06-10-2013, 03:33 AM

I don't own the CD, but if it has some kind of DRM that is Windows based it won't work. If not, should work fine. Alternatively you could run it in a virtual machine using VirtualBox or VMware Workstation.

der-Seppel · 06-10-2013, 03:44 AM

i tride to run the CD on my macbook using Wine and i got the same result :(

mitchapalooza · 06-10-2013, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cowboy Mac

I don't own the CD, but if it has some kind of DRM that is Windows based it won't work. If not, should work fine. Alternatively you could run it in a virtual machine using VirtualBox or VMware Workstation.

Ding Ding

Cowboy Mac · 06-10-2013, 04:05 AM

What is the file extension? You could find a program to tell you what DRM it might have.

sarathmenon · 06-10-2013, 07:37 AM

On a related note, what do you guys use on the road to read the manual, short of a windows laptop? It would be sweet if there was some way I could read it on my android phone. Heck, I am open to iphone or windows mobile as well.

der-Seppel · 06-10-2013, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cowboy Mac

What is the file extension? You could find a program to tell you what DRM it might have.

I don't think it's a DRM problem. The application it self is afaik Flash and Wine (a Windows emulator) has problems displaying it in the right way.

der-Seppel · 06-11-2013, 01:12 PM

I have just installed version 1.6 of Wine that was released yesterday on my Mac and everything works fine now

You should try this version.

06-08-2013, 11:46 AM	#1
maigashi ^OP Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Saskatoon and Northern Saskatchewan Oddometer: 69	Using the F800gs manual in linux Sorry if this isn't the place to post this, but don't know where else i would put it. Using the factory manual on cd and can't get text to show in the service instructions. I'm using Mint linux and wine to open the manual. Menu works fine and it will try and load the text but it comes up blank. Thanks

06-08-2013, 11:56 AM	#2
Tinks Imp of Satan Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Conway, AR Oddometer: 19,913	Ghostview or something similar? __________________ Ride, Wreck, Ride (Mr. Disaster) Preston Drew Haun June 17, 1981- August 15, 2010

06-10-2013, 03:44 AM	#5
der-Seppel Adventurer Joined: Feb 2012 Location: Germany Oddometer: 26	i tride to run the CD on my macbook using Wine and i got the same result :( __________________ Nordkapp 2011 The Alps 2012

06-11-2013, 01:12 PM	#10
der-Seppel Adventurer Joined: Feb 2012 Location: Germany Oddometer: 26	I have just installed version 1.6 of Wine that was released yesterday on my Mac and everything works fine now You should try this version. __________________ Nordkapp 2011 The Alps 2012

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06-09-2013, 01:01 PM	#3
maigashi ^OP Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Saskatoon and Northern Saskatchewan Oddometer: 69	C'mon. Not one geek among us? Help a guy out. lol

06-10-2013, 03:33 AM	#4
Cowboy Mac adventure n00b Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Oddometer: 13	I don't own the CD, but if it has some kind of DRM that is Windows based it won't work. If not, should work fine. Alternatively you could run it in a virtual machine using VirtualBox or VMware Workstation.

06-10-2013, 04:05 AM	#7
Cowboy Mac adventure n00b Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Oddometer: 13	What is the file extension? You could find a program to tell you what DRM it might have.

06-10-2013, 07:37 AM	#8
sarathmenon Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2012 Location: Seattle Oddometer: 235	On a related note, what do you guys use on the road to read the manual, short of a windows laptop? It would be sweet if there was some way I could read it on my android phone. Heck, I am open to iphone or windows mobile as well.