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First it was the "run once" stuff...which thanks to the tip I got past.

But now whenever I run it it wants to download "ie" and immediately fails after I click save or cancel.

Running cx XI on Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit.

Any ideas?

HDave wrote:

First it was the "run once" stuff...which thanks to the tip I got
past.

But now whenever I run it it wants to download "ie" and immediately
fails after I click save or cancel.

Running cx XI on Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit.

Any ideas?

Yep, there's a problem with ubuntu 12.04.

Type: echo 0|sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope

and you should be fine. This also fixes Starcraft 2 crashing on the login screen.

Thanks -- that solved it. Bummer that disabling a security feature is the work around!

Exact same problem after upgrading to 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and Crossover 11.0.3. Installed fresh IE 7 into fresh bottle but no luck. The command above (echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope) and IE 7 loads the winehq.org page perfectly.

I'll add that this command will need to be repeated after every reboot. To make it permanent, you could add the line below to /etc/sysctl.conf (disclaimer: I've added it to mine but haven't rebooted yet).

kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0

Just remember to "revert" the fix after the problem gets fixed.