[Wylug-help] Wine help needed

[James Holden]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 07:05:54PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I need a specific windows program that works with a security dongle.  
> According to lsusb the dongle driver is installed.  The software installs 
> under wine.
> 
> When I try to run the software it tells me that the dongle isn't installed.  I 
> suspect that it's because I didn't know what to do about the substitute for a 
> windows reboot.  What should I have done?  Can I correct it now, or will I 
> need to do the install again?

Well, you can simulate a reboot using the "wineboot" command.

I'm not sure about the Windows app actually seeing the USB dongle
though, I don't know what the state of USB support is in Wine. You may
need to use a proper virtual machine such as VirtualBox if you need to
access a proprietary USB device, and you'll need a Windows license of
course.

Cheers,

James

> 
> Anne



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