Program runs inconsistently, gives error prompt saying it needs administrator permissions when run as root

[dmcdonald-603]

First off I just want to say thanks for creating and maintaining this - it's really saving my bacon here! I'm trying to run an internally-developed program originally made for Windows on a Modberry (basically a Pi 4) running 32-bit Debian. Linux isn't really my forte, but I installed box86 and Wine using the instructions in your documentation and I've been able to get some Windows programs running, including the installer for this particular program (which I had opened the opcode issue for). However, when I try to run this one using sudo wine my-program.exe, one of two things happens:

1. I get "failed to map segment from shared object" errors from libxrender, libxcomposite, and libxi and it hangs until I press ctrl+c (this happens probably 75-80% of the time)
2. The program starts but immediately gives me an error prompt saying it needs administrator permissions

Note that this program does need to be run as root. In a Windows environment it needs to be run as administrator.

I've been able to run other programs through Wine/box86 as root using sudo, but for some reason it's not working with this one. Previously I had found an x86_64 Ubuntu machine and had gotten the program working using Wine with the same command as above so I know that should work. While that can work as a backup, I do need to get it working on the Modberry if at all possible. I should also note that the Modberry runs a lot slower than the Ubuntu computer I used, so it's possible one or both of those issues could be related to that.

I grabbed the level 1 logs for both cases, but let me know if I can provide any more info.

Case 1:

Debug level is 1
Dynarec for ARMv8, with extension: HALF FAST_MULT EDSP NEON VFPv4 IDIVA PageSize:4096 Running on Cortex-A72 with 4 Cores
Params database has 32 entries
Box86 with Dynarec v0.3.9 39d3ed20 built on Aug 12 2026 16:52:05
Using default BOX86_LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ./:lib/:lib32/:x86/:i686/
Using default BOX86_PATH: ./:bin/
Counted 44 Env var
Looking for sudo
argv[1]="wine"
argv[2]="my-program.exe"
Not an i386 ELF (40)
Error: reading elf header of /usr/bin/sudo, trying to launch natively instead
Box86 with Dynarec v0.3.9 39d3ed20 built on Aug 12 2026 16:52:05
Box86 with Dynarec v0.3.9 39d3ed20 built on Aug 12 2026 16:52:05
Error initializing native libXrender.so.1 (last dlerror is libXrender.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object)
Error initializing native libXcomposite.so.1 (last dlerror is libXcomposite.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object)
Error initializing native libXi.so.6 (last dlerror is libXi.so.6: failed to map segment from shared object)
^C014c:err:virtual:virtual_setup_exception nested exception on signal stack addr 0x400406ab stack 0x3ffef910

Case 2:

Debug level is 1
Dynarec for ARMv8, with extension: HALF FAST_MULT EDSP NEON VFPv4 IDIVA PageSize:4096 Running on Cortex-A72 with 4 Cores
Params database has 32 entries
Box86 with Dynarec v0.3.9 39d3ed20 built on Aug 12 2026 16:52:05
Using default BOX86_LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ./:lib/:lib32/:x86/:i686/
Using default BOX86_PATH: ./:bin/
Counted 44 Env var
Looking for sudo
argv[1]="wine"
argv[2]="my-program.exe"
Not an i386 ELF (40)
Error: reading elf header of /usr/bin/sudo, trying to launch natively instead
Box86 with Dynarec v0.3.9 39d3ed20 built on Aug 12 2026 16:52:05
Box86 with Dynarec v0.3.9 39d3ed20 built on Aug 12 2026 16:52:05
0158:fixme:mscoree:parse_startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy=L"true" not implemented
0158:fixme:mscoree:parse_supported_runtime sku=L".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.2" not implemented
0158:fixme:mscoree:parse_startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy=L"true" not implemented
0158:fixme:mscoree:parse_supported_runtime sku=L".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.2" not implemented
0158:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION