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License manager login error 14/01/2013 at 04:38 #40537
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Hello! I bought the Scottish four pack today, got my e-mails, and downloaded and installed the license manager. When I try to log in in the license manager, I get the message “Unable to log in: Error parsing response (error code -1)”. I’m running under WINE. Thanks!
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License manager login error 14/01/2013 at 04:45 #40539
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I assume you've tried more than once. Thanks for the note about WINE - this might be a factor. Basically it means that the server has sent something the license manager doesn't understand. I'll do some research and will probably get back to you by email. Apologies for the issues.
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License manager login error 18/01/2013 at 07:29 #40658
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Hi, just some more data to add from my end. I tried changing my password to one that contains no special characters (only alpha/digit), and the problem still happens. I also tried intentionally using the wrong password, and it gives exactly the same message (NOT a message that the password was wrong).
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License manager login error 18/01/2013 at 17:59 #40666
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Email sent.

Has anybody else managed to run the License Manager successfully on WINE - or can try please?

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License manager login error 18/01/2013 at 19:30 #40677
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Has anybody else managed to run the License Manager successfully on WINE - or can try please?
1999 IBM ThinkPad, 256Mb memory, 333MHz chip, Ubuntu 10.04, WINE.

v3.236 License Manager loaded OK and allocated and de-allocated sim to machine. I haven't tried running a sim on the machine so can't confirm whether loading and running the sim worked OK.

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License manager login error 19/01/2013 at 08:28 #40685
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The answer is that Wine needs to be built with libxml support. This probably should go in the wiki!
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License manager login error 19/01/2013 at 09:43 #40686
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The answer is that Wine needs to be built with libxml support. This probably should go in the wiki!
All I have done on my Ubuntu machine is download and implement the user-contributed Linux set-up Linuxstarter.zip from the downloads section which makes a couple of tweaks to the Wine registry. Not being that level of tecchie, I'm not sure exactly what it modifies but does this already do what is required?

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License manager login error 19/01/2013 at 10:42 #40687
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The answer is that Wine needs to be built with libxml support. This probably should go in the wiki!
All I have done on my Ubuntu machine is download and implement the user-contributed Linux set-up Linuxstarter.zip from the downloads section which makes a couple of tweaks to the Wine registry. Not being that level of tecchie, I'm not sure exactly what it modifies but does this already do what is required?
Which the author claims "This is everything you need to use SimSig under Linux. It's a wine registry file, basically. Read the enclosed readme for more information. "

Link here.

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License manager login error 19/01/2013 at 17:35 #40696
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The answer is that Wine needs to be built with libxml support. This probably should go in the wiki!
I guess, from other comments and past history, libxml support is probably a standard package. However, I've added it to the Wiki as suggested. Glad you got it working and thanks for reporting the solution.

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License manager login error 19/01/2013 at 19:31 #40703
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Works fine on Arch, version... just now. It'll be libxml2 that you need.
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License manager login error 19/01/2013 at 19:37 #40704
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More interesting question, is there a distribution that doesn't compile libxml2 in? Or is this self-compiled?
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License manager login error 20/01/2013 at 06:34 #40709
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I suspect most binary Linux distros like Ubuntu would have built WINE against libxml and everything would be OK. This is only relevant to people who build WINE themselves from upstream or who use a source-based distro. Notably, this has nothing to do with registry settings; it’s about how WINE itself was compiled.
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