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Re:I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood press... by deevus on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:13PM (#45895254)
The reason Bottles/WINE doesn't work with USB devices like that is likely because WINE isn't supposed to support kernel level device access. It's for running programs and just fakes enough for that to work.
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Re:I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood press... by ehnto on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @10:52PM (#45896217)
I am only just learning this space but I believe you can set udev rules to get some USB devices working that might otherwise be failing. Worth a tinker.
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