Today I updated my kernel to 2.6.7-1.494.2.2, and I can no longer run
windows binaries. I did some investigation, and found out that until
2.6.6, binfmt_misc was compiled as a module, and the wine startup script
inserted it using modprobe, and then registered wine as a handler for
windows executables. With kernel 2.6.7, binfmt_misc is compiled into the
kernel, not as a module. Hence the modprobe in the wine startup script
fails, and furthermore, the script is unable to register wine as a
handler for windows executables.
I have filed this in bugzilla as a kernel issue, but I am not sure who
is at fault. Anyway, does anyone know how I can restore the original
functionality I had, where I could just type:
.wine/c/Program\ Files/LeXpert/Lexpert.exe
at the shell prompt and get Lexpert.exe to run?
