{"id":673,"date":"2007-11-27T21:29:18","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/11\/27\/workbench-beta-adventure-on-linux-with-monowine"},"modified":"2007-11-27T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T02:29:21","slug":"workbench-beta-adventure-on-linux-with-monowine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/11\/27\/workbench-beta-adventure-on-linux-with-monowine","title":{"rendered":"Workbench beta adventure on Linux with Mono\/WINE"},"content":{"rendered":"

MySQL Workbench<\/a> has a beta<\/a> out! No idea why its version 5.0.9, but its highly exciting. This software existed before, but this is quite unlike its predecessor. One snag for me is that it is Windows-only at the moment, with Linux and OS X versions to follow suit.<\/p>\n

However, due to excitement, I decided to try running it on Linux, anyway<\/i>. <\/p>\n

Seeing that it is a .NET application, I thought I’d pass it through MoMA<\/a> (the migration analyser). Everything passed, so I got excited. Running mono MySQLWorkbench.exe<\/tt> however, led me to a failure:
** ERROR **: Method '<Module>:<CrtImplementationDetails>.DoDllLanguageSupportValidation ()' in assembly '\/home\/byte\/Downloads\/MySQL Workbench 5.0.9 OSS Beta\/wb.wr.dll' contains native code and mono can't run it. The assembly was probably created by Managed C++.<\/tt><\/p>\n

So I hopped onto #workbench on Freenode, where the MySQL Workbench crew hang out<\/a>, and spoke with Mike Zinner (team lead for this software). He mentioned to me that it probably wouldn’t work, as there are some 3rd-party FOSS controls that rely on Win32 API calls. Immediately, I think of WINE.<\/p>\n

Running it against WINE, I get an error basically telling me I need Mono for Windows:
fixme:actctx:parse_manifest_buffer root element is L\"asmv1:assembly\", not <assembly>
install the Windows version of Mono to run .NET executables<\/tt><\/p>\n

<\/a>
Workbench fails on me in WINE<\/p>\n

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Downloaded mono-1.2.5.2-gtksharp-2.10.2-win32-0.exe, installed it via WINE, and then made another attempt at running Workbench, only to see a similar failure, this time in GUI form.<\/p>\n

A little disappointed, I think the next option is to run Workbench in a virtualized Windows environment. KVM<\/a> immediately came to mind, with only one minor snag – while its full CPU hardware virtualization, it doesn’t virtualize the graphic layer as well (it just emulates a graphics card, like it does for pretty much every device). Windows will see a Cirrus Logic card, from ages ago. This means, no OpenGL support, which Workbench really needs (otherwise, it drops down to software rendering, and becomes much slower).<\/p>\n

However, there is hope. Check out VMGL<\/a>, which is OpenGL Hardware 3D Acceleration for Virtual Machines. This should work with Xen and KVM, so I’ll give it a twirl, and see how it goes. <\/p>\n

If you’re on a Mac, I am told that VMWare Fusion does not do OpenGL, so you’re out of luck there. However, Parallels does – so let that be your virtualization option of choice, if you’re on an Intel Mac.<\/p>\n

Next stop, to go out and buy Windows Vista – wish me luck!<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: mysql<\/a>, workbench<\/a>, mysql workbench<\/a>, moma<\/a>, .net<\/a>, mono<\/a>, wine<\/a>, opengl<\/a>, virtualization<\/a><\/p>\n

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