Merriam-Webster v 3.1, 11 Ed. crashes on install

Merriam- Webster 3.11 dictionary does not work.

I have 2 Ubuntu versions on 2 separate hard drives.

 In Ubuntu 9.10 and wine 1.1.43 - works perfect. I have installed Webster 4 months ago. with older version of wine. Since then I keep upgrading Wine and dictionary still works fine.

 Then I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 from cd on separate hard drive. I installed Wine from repository. Webster dictionary does not work on this instalation. Is the same version of wine, and the same computer.

Communicate appears: The program Merriam-Webster.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close.

Please attach output as per http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log to the bug. Is there an available download for this application?

Have you tried to report this to Ubuntu?

Created an attachment (id=27884)
meeriam webster log

(From update of attachment 27884)
I have solved problem on my computer.
 I compared content of system32 folders on my Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04. System32 my Ubuntu 9.10 had few additional .dll files and few other files So i copied this missing files to my Ubuntu 10.04 installation and my Merriam-Webster dictionary works now. I am not a programmer so I do not remember which files i have copied but they probably existed in older version of wine because I never installed any additional .dll files.

As I sad before my dictionary works now but problem still remains.

I downloaded Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition using torrent.

I attached output for this application but i do not know if it going to be useful because i already altered my system32 file

Appeared to install (from CD) properly, but not working under Fedora 12 (32-bit).

From: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=12844&iTestingId=51317

What works
Everything. Properties: must enter Work Path for the Webster program directory. A blank Work Path will result in an error message during the loading process, "The program mw.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close."

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How does one "enter Work Path for the Webster program directory."

There is no mw.exe in my Merriam-Webster directory, but there is a
merriam-webster.exe

When

$ wine merriam-webster

I get the "serious problem" mentioned above.

What should I enter on the command line? "Work Path" to where?

Michael Rice

Probably what it means is that you need to 'cd' to the programs directory first:
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal

Thanks, but that's where I was when I tried to run it.

Michael Rice

Finally I figured it out.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary works with older version of msvcirt.dll in system32 folder (I use file with modification date 16 Jun 1998).

Created an attachment (id=31686)
WINE 1.2.1 & 1.3.6: wine merriam-webster.exe

Downstream bug may be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.2/+bug/670187

Binary package hint: wine1.2

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

2) apt-cache policy wine1.2
wine1.2:
  Installed: 1.2.1-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.2.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
     1.2-0ubuntu9 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe i386 Packages

apt-cache policy wine1.3
wine1.3:
  Installed: 1.3.6-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1
  Candidate: 1.3.6-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1
  Version table:
 *** 1.3.6-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen is when one copies all the files from the original Merriam-Webster version 3.1, 11 Edition CD into one folder, install latest stable or development WINE via following the instructions at http://www.winehq.org/download/deb, then launches the installer via typing at the Terminal:

wine merriam-webster.exe

it does so successfully.

4) What happens instead is that it crashes with a backtrace (please see attached file for results in wine1.2.1 and wine1.3.6).

The 1.3.6 log says

wine: Call from 0x7b837792 to unimplemented function msvcirt.dll.??0ifstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z, aborting

Does 'winetricks vcrun6' work around the problem for you?

Created an attachment (id=31709)
WINE 1.2.1 or 1.3.6 screenshot.png: wine Setup.exe

(In reply to comment #10)
> The 1.3.6 log says
>
> wine: Call from 0x7b837792 to unimplemented function
> msvcirt.dll.??0ifstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z, aborting
>
> Does 'winetricks vcrun6' work around the problem for you?

With WINE 1.2.1 or 1.3.6, performed at the Terminal:

winetricks vcrun6

then:

wine merriam-webster.exe
fixme:ole:DllRegisterServer stub

The program launched and could use it successfully. Closed this, then tried:

wine Setscreenshot.pngup.exe
err:ole:create_server class {91814ec0-b5f0-11d2-80b9-00104b1f6cea} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {91814ec0-b5f0-11d2-80b9-00104b1f6cea} could be created for context 0x4

and it displayed the attached "WINE 1.2.1 or 1.3.6 screenshot.png: wine Setup.exe"

apt-cache policy winetricks
winetricks:
  Installed: 0.0+20100917-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1
  Candidate: 0.0+20100917-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1
  Version table:
 *** 0.0+20100917-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

(In reply to comment #11)
> wine Setscreenshot.pngup.exe

this is actually:

wine Setup.exe

Setting component to msvcirt, changing description

Hello,

confirming, still an issue ... found some torrent (version 3.0 ISO from 2003).

--- snip ---
$ wine ./merriam-webster.exe
wine: Call from 0x7b83821f to unimplemented function msvcirt.dll.??0ifstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z, aborting
wine: Unimplemented function msvcirt.dll.??0ifstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z called at address 0x7b83821f (thread 0009), starting debugger...
--- snip ---

$ wine --version
wine-1.3.19

Regards

*** Bug 23652 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Still in wine 1.5.2. Can also be tested with Power tab:
http://www.power-tab.net/guitar.php

gmax from bug 23653 also needs this. Still in wine 1.5.25.

Also affects http://rrussell193.ueuo.com/gradebook.htm

Still in wine-1.7.2-106-g7f859e5, needed by gmax:
http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

Still stub 1.7.23

Also affects Battle Mages:

wine mages.exe
wine: Call from 0x7b83a04c to unimplemented function msvcirt.dll.??0ofstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z, aborting
wine: Unimplemented function msvcirt.dll.??0ofstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z called at address 0x7b83a04c (thread 2eeb), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: unimplemented function msvcirt.dll.??0ofstream@@QAE@PBDHH@Z called in 32-bit code (0x7b83a04c).

bug 28537

needs this

wine 1.9.21-git.

This bug also affects TRON 2.0 in Wine 2.0-rc2.

Still a problem in Wine 2.1.

The whole ifstream class has to be stubbed (or implemented, not sure if stubbing will be enough).

Bug still there in current wine (wine-3.3)

*** Bug 28537 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 35467 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

In bug 30014 I attached a WIP patch that fixes both that problem and this one.

Please check ifstream is now partially implemented
https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commitdiff/a0faee89e01fe4daf7a25ebc4240cda4fe34da59

Please check.

And ofstream also needs to be implemented

gmax works now, resolving FIXED.

Closing bugs fixed in 5.17.

Removing the 5.0.x milestone from bug fixes included in 5.0.4.