Graphics not displayed

[Simpur101]

Hi. I am trying to use a software which displays the output of a usb(VCP) connected spectrum analyzer. It uses NET2.0.
I looks as it is running, but it stops with a unhandled exception error window, and if I continue, the graphic windows is white blank. Characters and window frames are drawn. I tried many things including changing display drivers, switching to GL, adding d3dx9 dlls etc. but no success. I am using Mint 13 and Wine 1.4, on a machine with Core 2 Duo, GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard and Radeon HD6450 graphic card.
Typical message is as follows:
mint@mint ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/GigaSt5 $ wine GS5.exe
fixme:sync:CreateMemoryResourceNotification (0) stub
err:ole:CoGetContextToken apartment not initialised
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Microsoft.VisualBasic"
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Windows.Forms"
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System"
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Drawing"
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Runtime.Remoting"
fixme:gdiplus:GdipGetFamilyName No support for handling of multiple languages!
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"GS5.resources"
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"GS5.resources"
fixmeURL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Accessibility"
fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette stub
fixme:gdiplus:GdipGetNearestColor (0x19ab48, 0x32c448): Passing color unmodified
fixme:gdiplus:GdipGetNearestColor (0x19ab48, 0x32c448): Passing color unmodified
fixme:gdiplus:GdipGetNearestColor (0x19ab48, 0x32c448): Passing color unmodified
fixme:gdiplus:GdipGetNearestColor (0x19ab48, 0x32c448): Passing color unmodified
fixme:gdiplus:GdipTranslateLineTransform not implemented

Thanks in advance for help.

[dimesio]

Your Wine version is old, so you should try upgrading and see if that fixes it. However, Wine has poor support for USB devices, so it still may not work.

[Simpur101]

Thanks for the quick response.
Actually I had difficulty in updating Wine with Mint 13. So I tried anew with Mint 16 and Wine 1.6.

The software is definitely running, despite errors, and the control panel drawing is slightly better than before, but the most important part, which is the graphical display of the analyzer output is still all white. It is supposed to show a grid and a moving line following the output level. This time, there are lot of additional fixme for gdiplus like:
fixme:gdiplus:GdipGetLineSpacing ignoring style
fixme:gdiplus:create_gdi_logbrush unhandled brush type 2

Please let me know if you have any suggestion for fixing the graphic display part.
Regards.

[Simpur101]

Just a follow up. I downloaded the microsoft gdiplus with winetricks. All the gdiplus fixme disapeared, but other fixmes and errors remained, and still no graphics at all.

[dimesio]

The latest development release is 1.7.11; you could try that. You could also try winetricks dotnet20.