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How to make WSL work?

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Reproduce the shown Python command under WSL and start at ledgerblue/comm.py, where getDongle raises the reported exception. Check how the Ledger device is exposed to WSL and identify what is needed for the command to detect it; done means the dongle is detected or the WSL limitation and workaround are documented.

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Hi,
I am using WSL (Windows SubSystem for Linux), and it always complains "no dongle found", please could you advice how to fix this?

python3 -m ledgerblue.loadApp --targetId 0x31100003 --fileName bin\app.hex --icon 0100000000ffffff0000000000fc000c0f3814c822103f101120092005400340018001800000000000 --curve secp256k1 --path "44'/195'" --apdu --appName "Tron" --appVersion "VERSION_NUMBER" --appFlags 0x40 --delete --dataSize 145311 --tlv 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/ledgerblue/loadApp.py", line 199, in <module>
    dongle = getDongle(args.apdu)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/ledgerblue/comm.py", line 240, in getDongle
    raise CommException("No dongle found")
ledgerblue.commException.CommException: Exception : No dongle found
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