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Sandor
Jan 29, 2023
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My issue with ValiDrive is it does not see when I insert the drive. What I am doing:

Execute validrive: sudo wine validrive.exe
Validrive appears --> click check USB --> insert USB

My system sees the USB drive and mounts it (viewable through the file manager and command line). Validrive does not see the drive mount >> command line is showing 00b8:fixme:wineusb:query_id Unhandled ID query type 0x5.

What am I missing?
Running NixOS (Linux)

Thank you in advance
Sandor
 
ValiDrive is probably not compatible with Wine because of the way it uses the drive insertion/detection that is likely incompatible with or unsupported by Wine's emulation.
 
SansHobo said:
Thank you for confirming my thought. I was not sure if I was doing something wrong.
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What version of Wine are you using?

It may not make any difference in this case, but both Wine 9 and 10 have made improvements in Windows Emulation. Maybe worth a look?

FYI: Wine 11, due out later this month (Jan '26) will have made more improvements in Windows Emulation.
 
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