[Wylug-help] Wine help needed

[Craig Hopkins]

One other point is that lsusb doesn't mean that a device driver is
installed, only that it found something and it identified itself. I
think you'd need an underlying linux driver for the device so that
wine can get as far as seeing it.

Craig

2008/9/5 James Holden <wylug at jamesholden.net>:
> 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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