Running Dot Net exe on Linux Machine

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Running Dot Net project exe on Linux which makes use of System.Management to get USB Device information

Hi, I have created a Dot Net application in C# to get USB Device Information like DeviceID, Caption, ClassGUID etc using System.Management Namespace. I'm using the ManagementObjectSearcher Method to fetch the value from Win32_DiskDrive. It's running fine on Windows. I want to run it on Linux machine. You can run Dot Net applications on Linux machine using Mono. http://mono-project.com/Main_Page

When i run my application's exe on Linux using Mono i get the following error:

Missing method .ctor in assembly /home/dvimay11/USBCamInfoNew/Debug/System.Management.dll, type System.Reflection.AssemblySignatureKeyAttribute
Can't find custom attr constructor image: /home/dvimay11/USBCamInfoNew/Debug/System.Management.dll mtoken: 0x0a000009

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Reflection.AssemblySignatureKeyAttribute' from assembly 'System.Management'.
  at USBCamInfo.USBInfo.GetUSBDevices () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at USBCamInfo.USBInfo.LoadUSBInfo () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at USBCamInfo.USBInfo..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) USBCamInfo.USBInfo:.ctor ()
  at USBCamInfo.Program.Main () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Reflection.AssemblySignatureKeyAttribute' from assembly 'System.Management'.
  at USBCamInfo.USBInfo.GetUSBDevices () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at USBCamInfo.USBInfo.LoadUSBInfo () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at USBCamInfo.USBInfo..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) USBCamInfo.USBInfo:.ctor ()
  at USBCamInfo.Program.Main () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

Can anyone help me to fix this issue. I wanted to know how i can run my Dot Net exe on a Linux machine using the System.Management Namespace to retrieve information of USB Device

Thanks

Vulpes · Answer

The only thing I can think of which might help is this library: http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sharpusblib/ If it doesn't give you all the info you want you could try sending a message to the author Mike Krueger to see if he knows how to get the missing stuff.

Vulpes · Answer

Well WMI is a Windows-only technology and so I'd be surprised if the Mono guys had been able to get something similar to the System.Management.dll classes to work on Linux. Do you know for a fact that they do work on Linux?

Sunny Dhanoe · Answer

Hi Thanks for your reply. I have researched on net and found out that System.Management is Windows specific and there is no plans to support it through mono. You can check the Mono Project Roadmap where they have mentioned about it. But i was looking for a solution something similar to mono or any solution where i can make this thing work on Linux.