NOTE: This is NOT a how-to. This was an effort to document the problems I ran into during installation. This blog post did not end in a successful installation of Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 in WINE 1.5.20.
This post, like my previous one, also started as a How-to, until it didn’t work… I did eventually get Dragon Naturally Speaking working, and that post will be coming shortly. This post does not have instructions which work, but I will publish it anyway in the hopes that someone will find it on Google, and something I’ve written will be useful.
My Installation Experiences
After failing to get Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 working on Ubuntu 10.04, I decided to try it in Ubuntu 12.04 where I would have access to a more recent version of WINE. I decided to grab the latest version of WINE from the PPA.
Install WINE 1.5 from the PPA
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine
Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (Winetricks)
winetricks dotnet40
I was asked to download a file from Mediafire and put it in a location. Follow all on-screen instructions.
The .NET Framework installer failed and produced error code HRESULT 0x80070643. I found this bug report which led me to these other Winetricks.
When installing the other Winetricks, pay attention to their instructions, as some of them will have you download and run other scripts. This is supposed to satisfy the missing .NET Framework requirements.
winetricks gecko
winetricks windowscodecs
winetricks ie7
winetricks msxml3
winetricks msxml4
Create a 32-bit WINE Prefix As described from this thread, I followed these steps.
export WINEARCH="win32"
export WINPREFIX="/home/folder/.wine"
Run Dragon Naturally Speaking Installer
wine setup.exe
I still got an error when executing the MSI installer…
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00000000 in 32-bit code (0x6840c928).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:6840c928 ESP:0033f860 EBP:0033f8a8 EFLAGS:00010246( R- -- I Z- -P- )
EAX:00000000 EBX:68475ff4 ECX:0033f750 EDX:00000000
ESI:00852580 EDI:008525a4
Stack dump:
0x0033f860: 0013eb08 6846146c 00000016 683fd2a1
0x0033f870: 00000000 00000002 00011000 00000000
0x0033f880: 00000000 00000000 008527b8 007fac68
0x0033f890: 001506bc 00150680 0033f948 68475ff4
0x0033f8a0: 0066c158 00150680 0033f948 683fe5b8
0x0033f8b0: 00150680 00000001 00852580 68475ff4
Backtrace:
=>0 0x6840c928 in msi (+0x5c928) (0x0033f8a8)
1 0x683fe5b8 in msi (+0x4e5b7) (0x0033f948)
2 0x683c38e9 in msi (+0x138e8) (0x0033f998)
3 0x683d5776 in msi (+0x25775) (0x0033f9e8)
4 0x683d59ef in msi (+0x259ee) (0x0033fa38)
5 0x6841f4c0 in msi (+0x6f4bf) (0x0033fa78)
6 0x683c2862 in msi (+0x12861) (0x0033fac8)
7 0x683c38e9 in msi (+0x138e8) (0x0033fb18)
8 0x683d5776 in msi (+0x25775) (0x0033fb68)
9 0x683d59ef in msi (+0x259ee) (0x0033fbb8)
10 0x6841f4c0 in msi (+0x6f4bf) (0x0033fbf8)
11 0x683d6056 in msi (+0x26055) (0x0033fc48)
12 0x684108bd MsiInstallProductW+0x8c() in msi (0x0033fc98)
13 0x6839caa4 WinMain+0x673() in msiexec (0x0033fd78)
14 0x6839e3bf main+0xae() in msiexec (0x0033fe08)
15 0x6839e2fc in msiexec (+0xe2fb) (0x0033fe58)
16 0x7b85f8ec call_process_entry+0xb() in kernel32 (0x0033fe78)
17 0x7b860b6f in kernel32 (+0x50b6e) (0x0033feb8)
18 0x7bc77130 call_thread_func_wrapper+0xb() in ntdll (0x0033fed8)
19 0x7bc79cad call_thread_func+0x7c() in ntdll (0x0033ffa8)
20 0x7bc7710e RtlRaiseException+0x21() in ntdll (0x0033ffc8)
21 0x7bc4c82e call_dll_entry_point+0x61d() in ntdll (0x0033ffe8)
0x6840c928: movzwl 0x0(%edx,%eax,1),%ecx
Modules:
Module Address Debug info Name (126 modules)
PE 460000- 46e000 Deferred msi3ae7.tmp
PE 9e0000- a14000 Deferred msi8158.tmp
PE a20000- a43000 Deferred msi855f.tmp
PE a50000- a93000 Deferred msi8568.tmp
PE ac0000- ac7000 Deferred msi897d.tmp
PE d90000- f43000 Deferred msi414e.tmp
PE 10000000-10036000 Deferred msi3a4e.tmp
ELF 20014000-20052000 Deferred libgssapi_krb5.so.2
ELF 20052000-20064000 Deferred libavahi-client.so.3
ELF 20064000-20133000 Deferred libkrb5.so.3
ELF 20133000-20138000 Deferred libcom_err.so.2
ELF 20138000-2014a000 Deferred libtasn1.so.3
ELF 2014a000-20193000 Deferred libdbus-1.so.3
ELF 20214000-20228000 Deferred shfolder<elf>
\-PE 20220000-20228000 \ shfolder
ELF 20228000-20253000 Deferred netapi32<elf>
\-PE 20230000-20253000 \ netapi32
ELF 20253000-20277000 Deferred iphlpapi<elf>
\-PE 20260000-20277000 \ iphlpapi
ELF 20277000-202a6000 Deferred secur32<elf>
\-PE 20280000-202a6000 \ secur32
ELF 20b14000-20b26000 Deferred libp11-kit.so.0
ELF 21d6d000-21dc0000 Deferred libcups.so.2
ELF 25089000-250bc000 Deferred ws2_32<elf>
\-PE 25090000-250bc000 \ ws2_32
ELF 29ce3000-29cfd000 Deferred sxs<elf>
\-PE 29cf0000-29cfd000 \ sxs
ELF 2aa63000-2aa8b000 Deferred libk5crypto.so.3
ELF 2c11e000-2c122000 Deferred libkeyutils.so.1
ELF 362dd000-362eb000 Deferred libavahi-common.so.3
ELF 3d6e9000-3d798000 Deferred winmm<elf>
\-PE 3d6f0000-3d798000 \ winmm
ELF 48efc000-48fc0000 Deferred libgnutls.so.26
ELF 4c164000-4c1c3000 Deferred dbghelp<elf>
\-PE 4c170000-4c1c3000 \ dbghelp
ELF 4e730000-4e739000 Deferred libkrb5support.so.0
ELF 53ee2000-53efa000 Deferred libresolv.so.2
PE 5dca0000-5dce5000 Deferred iertutil
ELF 5e608000-5e611000 Deferred librt.so.1
PE 603b0000-60416000 Deferred mscoreei
PE 604a0000-604ac000 Deferred fusion
ELF 605a8000-605ad000 Deferred libgpg-error.so.0
PE 61410000-61534000 Deferred urlmon
ELF 63a94000-63ab7000 Deferred imm32<elf>
\-PE 63aa0000-63ab7000 \ imm32
ELF 63ca7000-63cab000 Deferred libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
ELF 68000000-68022000 Deferred ld-linux.so.2
ELF 68022000-68164000 Dwarf libwine.so.1
ELF 68164000-6817f000 Deferred libpthread.so.0
ELF 6817f000-68329000 Deferred libc.so.6
ELF 68329000-6832e000 Deferred libdl.so.2
ELF 6832e000-6835a000 Deferred libm.so.6
ELF 6835a000-68363000 Deferred libnss_compat.so.2
ELF 68363000-6837d000 Deferred libnsl.so.1
ELF 6837d000-6838a000 Deferred libnss_files.so.2
ELF 6838a000-683a8000 Dwarf msiexec<elf>
\-PE 68390000-683a8000 \ msiexec
ELF 683a8000-68491000 Dwarf msi<elf>
\-PE 683b0000-68491000 \ msi
ELF 68491000-68526000 Deferred msvcrt<elf>
\-PE 684a0000-68526000 \ msvcrt
ELF 68526000-6863b000 Deferred ole32<elf>
\-PE 68540000-6863b000 \ ole32
ELF 6863b000-686a0000 Deferred advapi32<elf>
\-PE 68650000-686a0000 \ advapi32
ELF 686a0000-687e7000 Deferred user32<elf>
\-PE 686b0000-687e7000 \ user32
ELF 687e7000-688f2000 Deferred gdi32<elf>
\-PE 687f0000-688f2000 \ gdi32
ELF 688f2000-6890c000 Deferred version<elf>
\-PE 68900000-6890c000 \ version
ELF 6890c000-68a26000 Deferred oleaut32<elf>
\-PE 68920000-68a26000 \ oleaut32
ELF 68a26000-68a3c000 Deferred libz.so.1
ELF 68a3c000-68a62000 Deferred mpr<elf>
\-PE 68a40000-68a62000 \ mpr
ELF 68a62000-68c7b000 Deferred shell32<elf>
\-PE 68a70000-68c7b000 \ shell32
ELF 68c7b000-68c9b000 Deferred cabinet<elf>
\-PE 68c80000-68c9b000 \ cabinet
ELF 68c9b000-68d35000 Deferred libfreetype.so.6
ELF 68d35000-68dbf000 Deferred winex11<elf>
\-PE 68d40000-68dbf000 \ winex11
ELF 68dbf000-68dc8000 Deferred libsm.so.6
ELF 68dc8000-68efc000 Deferred libx11.so.6
ELF 68efc000-68f02000 Deferred libuuid.so.1
ELF 68f02000-68f23000 Deferred libxcb.so.1
ELF 68f23000-68f27000 Deferred libxau.so.6
ELF 68f27000-68f2e000 Deferred libxdmcp.so.6
ELF 68f2e000-68f32000 Deferred libxinerama.so.1
ELF 68f32000-68f3c000 Deferred libxrender.so.1
ELF 68f3c000-68f45000 Deferred libxrandr.so.2
ELF 68f45000-68f49000 Deferred libxcomposite.so.1
ELF 68f49000-68f59000 Deferred libxi.so.6
ELF 68f59000-68f5f000 Deferred libxfixes.so.3
ELF 68f5f000-68f93000 Deferred uxtheme<elf>
\-PE 68f70000-68f93000 \ uxtheme
ELF 6936d000-6938b000 Deferred libgcc_s.so.1
ELF 6b9ef000-6b9f6000 Deferred libnss_dns.so.2
ELF 6bf38000-6bf55000 Deferred fusion<elf>
ELF 711fa000-71272000 Deferred rpcrt4<elf>
\-PE 71210000-71272000 \ rpcrt4
ELF 71c59000-71c73000 Deferred libice.so.6
ELF 73149000-731ce000 Deferred libgcrypt.so.11
ELF 73e00000-73e0c000 Deferred libnss_nis.so.2
ELF 74470000-74499000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
\-PE 74480000-74499000 \ msacm32
ELF 74501000-74575000 Deferred wininet<elf>
\-PE 74510000-74575000 \ wininet
ELF 76722000-76728000 Deferred libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF 76736000-76741000 Deferred libxcursor.so.1
ELF 77665000-77679000 Deferred psapi<elf>
\-PE 77670000-77679000 \ psapi
PE 77f60000-77fd6000 Deferred shlwapi
ELF 78a36000-78a48000 Deferred libxext.so.6
PE 79000000-7904a000 Deferred mscoree
PE 79060000-7911e000 Deferred msvcr100_clr0400
PE 79140000-797af000 Deferred clr
ELF 799a8000-799bb000 Deferred gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so
ELF 7b149000-7b245000 Deferred comctl32<elf>
\-PE 7b150000-7b245000 \ comctl32
ELF 7b800000-7ba33000 Dwarf kernel32<elf>
\-PE 7b810000-7ba33000 \ kernel32
ELF 7bc00000-7bcca000 Dwarf ntdll<elf>
\-PE 7bc10000-7bcca000 \ ntdll
ELF 7bf00000-7bf04000 Deferred <wine-loader>
Threads:
process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)
0000000e services.exe
00000028 0
00000027 0
00000020 0
00000010 0
0000000f 0
00000014 explorer.exe
00000015 0
0000001d winedevice.exe
00000025 0
00000022 0
0000001f 0
0000001e 0
00000023 plugplay.exe
00000029 0
00000026 0
00000024 0
0000002a setup.exe
0000002b 0
0000002c (D) C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
0000005f 0
0000005d 0
0000005b 0
00000059 0
00000055 0
00000053 0
0000004f 0
0000004d 0
0000004b 0
00000049 0
00000011 0
0000001b 0
00000033 0
00000009 0
00000017 0
00000013 0
00000016 0
00000046 0
00000044 0
00000042 0
00000040 0
0000003e 0
0000003c 0
0000003a 0
00000038 0
00000036 0
00000034 0
00000032 0
00000031 0
0000002d 0 <==
System information:
Wine build: wine-1.5.20
Platform: i386
Host system: Linux
Host version: 3.2.0-35-generic
Hello, It looks like the installer is trying to install a service into the background, which makes sense since dragon has 2 services called DNS service (Dragon Naturally speaking service) and something else for the licensing. This allows the process to interface with the operating system and build its own API’s I believe. The problem is that the installer is searching for appropriate processes to install the service and the processes aren’t responding with the appropriate response so the installer hangs and crashes.
gnome-keyring-pkcs11.soELF 7b149000-7b245000 Deferred comctl32<elf> \-PE 7b150000-7b245000 \ comctl32ELF 7b800000-7ba33000 Dwarf kernel32<elf> \-PE 7b810000-7ba33000 \ kernel32ELF 7bc00000-7bcca000 Dwarf ntdll<elf> \-PE 7bc10000-7bcca000 \ ntdllELF 7bf00000-7bf04000 Deferred <wine-loader>Threads:process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)0000000e services.exe
I am aware that wine can support services since i was able to install office 2010 into it, which also uses several services.
My guess is that you are missing binaries for wine, I know dragon is coded in C and C++, so I recommend install every single runtime for these language and installing java in case the installer calls upon java for certain operations.
You can use a tool called play on linux to setup a windows instance with wine, then install all the runtimes, there are guides everywhere, i would recommend you install every runtime. If you want you could copy binaries from a window’s xp machine to give wine all the possible dll’s it will require for the Dragon installation.
Personally i wouldn’t install it on wine because dragon won’t have access to the application window, so you will be using the floating text box to copy desired text to the clipboard. Just install a virtual machine with win xp and do your work through that, it will be more efficient and less mess.
Kind regards