[Elecraft] linux/wine for K144XV/K3 Utility

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2011 12 Apr 08:36 -0500, Mike Markowski wrote:
> Thanks, Nate.  I'm lucky enough to have a real serial port, so no usb issues to
> worry about.  Also, the utility to open up transmit for MARS ran fine under
> Wine.  It's just the K144XV and K3 utilities that don't pick up the serial port.
>  Numerous other ham related programs are successfully using /dev/ttyS0, so it's
> very likely a Wine configuration problem (though the directions are pretty simple!)
> 
> Since it sounds like your Wine set up is working, can I ask what you had to do?
>  As I read the directions, I only have to:
> 
>   $ cd ~/.wine/dosdevices
>   $ ln -s /dev/ttyS0 com1
> 
> and then run Wine.  Yet, the utilities show no serial port!  Frustrating.

There was a bug report in the Wine BTS from long ago that attempted to
fix some things in Wine's serial port implementation.  As I recall, the
issue was that the ports do not show in the registry in the same manner
as they do under Windows.  Unfortunately, I don't think the patch ever
became a part of Wine as my follow ups on my systems showed that the
ports still did not show and suggested work-arounds did not work for me.

As the source for the programs is not available, it's difficult to
determine (at least for someone not familiar with Windows) just how the
serial ports are searched for and found.  Perhaps it is possible that
they are using some method not supported by Wine.  Such is the downside
of closed source software.  :(

73, de Nate >>

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