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grabner Just Startin' 2 posts since
May 13, 2007
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Apr 4, 2009 12:54 PM

Linux driver for Line6 products

Hi all!

 

Since the forum has been rearranged, my previous thread is no longer available, so I start a new one to announce updates of the Line6 Linux driver I'm working on. Recently I got some feedback about missing monitoring capabilities of the TonePort GX, which is fixed in the current version 0.8.1. The software is available at the following site:

 

http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6

 

For a detailed documentation, please read

 

http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/driverdocs.pdf

 

in particular Section 5 for the TonePort features.

 

Kind regards,

Markus

  • scraze Just Startin' 2 posts since
    Feb 13, 2008
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    May 1, 2009 5:54 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Hey grabner, good to see you on top of it again :}

     

    I'm still very much in to make the UX2 working (according to your software poll, about 216 others would love that), but sadly enough haven't been doing my homework, so I'm still utterly inexperienced when it comes to debugging USB / writing drivers / anything inbetween. I could pythonise a cute little frontend though .. ;'D

     

    Hooray for you!

  • Kampfgnu Just Startin' 1 posts since
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    May 17, 2009 11:27 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    nice nice, my ux2 runs on ubuntu now!

    is there something like a gearbox equivalent to use instrs/mics ?

    greetz

  • ravnen Just Startin' 6 posts since
    May 23, 2009
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    May 30, 2009 9:17 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    I just bought myself a pod studio ux2, and it doesn't seem to be supported by this driver. Would it be possible to support this device too? The device itself looks just like a toneport ux2, except for the color...

  • loziniak Just Startin' 1 posts since
    Jun 3, 2009
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    Jun 9, 2009 1:48 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Hi!

     

    I have a TonePort UX2, and only input that works for me is monophonic instrument input. How can I use stereo input? I couldn't find any info in documentation about selecting inputs on TonePort. If you needed a tester with UX2, I'm at your command :-) Is there any dedicated support forum od mailing list for your driver? Great work anyway, Markus.

     

    cheers

    Maciek

  • MetalMusic Just Startin' 27 posts since
    Jan 11, 2009
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    Jun 14, 2009 2:37 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Hey Markus!

     

    very cool Site! (tanzband....)

     

    Does your driver work with PodXT too?

    Do u use WINE or something else to get Monkey, Riffworks working?

    And your Poll for Linux Software is also very usefull THere are about 1037 Linux-Line6 users until now, maybe we should do a little advertisment for this (-;

     

    greetz Börn!

  • euro_par Just Startin' 8 posts since
    Jun 12, 2009
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    Jun 14, 2009 8:05 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Funilly enough - my first thought when hooking my Bass Podxt up to my computer was - wish there was a Linux driver.

    Do I was considerring developing one.

    You've saved me the trouble - thanks.

    If you're looking for any help in further development let me know.

     

    Email : euro_par@lycos.com

  • sysdoc Just Startin' 1 posts since
    Jun 20, 2009
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    Jun 20, 2009 12:07 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Hey grabner,

     

    I just bought the POD X3 live and I'm trying to bang the USB driver into Fedora 10 and I'm going nuts with the install... The source file will not copy the driver to the dir for the planet CCRMA kernel. Really need a rpm file, what ever I can go to help with getting an rpm file built let me know. I also posted the error on sf.net >> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=713265

     

    thanks

    sysdoc

  • Insidian Just Startin' 349 posts since
    Jan 24, 2007
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    Jun 21, 2009 12:30 PM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Awesome man. I just found this after doing a google search for Line 6 Linux Drivers. Been looking for something like this for awhile. Do you have X3/L support yet?

     

     

  • sedgetone Just Startin' 3 posts since
    May 7, 2009
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    Nov 22, 2009 11:40 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    I wish Line6 would work with you in the same way that Wacom work with the open source community. They essentially give the details to the community and its then up to the dev's if they want to support the features or not.

     

    I've switched from Cubase on Windows to a completely Linux setup, fantastic moved and it wouldn't have been possible without your work!

  • jlipoth Just Startin' 2 posts since
    Feb 16, 2007
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    Apr 4, 2010 9:47 PM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    I've come close trying the line6 usb driver and wine with gearbox, but I'm not that well versed in linux to know how to setup all the background stuff:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyfFCsW8l1k

    I skinned my ubuntu install to look like windows (and my windows install to look like ubuntu LOL).

    Does anyone have suggestions?

  • jchamp Just Startin' 1 posts since
    Aug 15, 2009
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    Jun 24, 2010 1:12 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    I've succefully made my UX1 working with your drivers. I still have to use the line in input instead of the standard guitar one.

     

    Sadly, I was not able to make Pod Studio working (with wine or virtual box.) And apparently, nobody has found a way to make it work.

     

    But Guitar Rig 4 is working fine with wine. That's sad, the next stuff I'll buy will be from National Instrument instead of line6 because of that, and it is preventing me from buying model packs and upgrading to pod studio 2.0.

  • bkmfs2 Just Startin' 4 posts since
    Mar 27, 2011
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    Mar 27, 2011 5:39 PM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    This is how I did it on a Fedora machine:

     

     

    su -

     

    yum -y install svn

     

    svn co https://line6linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/line6linux/driver/trunk line6usb

     

    cd line6usb

     

    #before you continue, make sure you have 'kernel-devel' (of the kernel currently in use) installed.#

     

    make install

     

    #if the unit isn't already plugged in, plug it in now.

     

    #wait a minute and type:

    cat /proc/asound/cards

    #to make sure computer sees it.

     

    yum -y install alsamixergui

    #open alsamixergui with 'hw:' to whatever soundcard number.  (example:)

    alsamixergui -D hw:1

    #turn 'monitor' slider all the way down

     

    #open pulse-audio gui and select your card for input and output.

    • boydgrossii Just Startin' 27 posts since
      Jan 6, 2009
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      Mar 28, 2011 9:01 AM (in response to bkmfs2)
      Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

      Do you think that will work on Ubuntu?

      • bkmfs2 Just Startin' 4 posts since
        Mar 27, 2011
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        Mar 29, 2011 10:26 PM (in response to boydgrossii)
        Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

        #Crap!  forgot to tell you that you also need 'gcc' and 'make' pre-installed.

         

        #The 10.04 version of ubuntu already has an older version pre-installed so you'll have to remove that one ( http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/INSTALL ).

         

        #Also you would have to change some of the commands for logging in as "super-user" and use a different package manager.

        #Basically you need to have 'gcc', 'make', 'svn', 'alsamixergui', (and whatever else google tells you you need ) pre-installed.

        #Don't forget to have the kernel-devel package of your current kernel installed.

         

        #Then in a terminal you execute the commands:

        sudo svn co https://line6linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/line6linux/driver/trunk line6usb

        cd line6usb

        sudo make install

         

        #Then you have to find your souncard with:

        /proc/asound/card

        #This tells you how your Line 6 device viewed by the computer ('hw:' number).

        #Replace 'hw:1' with whatever shows up for your sound card when you type:

        alsamixergui -D hw:1

        #You HAVE TO turn the 'monitor' slider all the way down or things will crash (unless the 'svn' site has a newer version that fixes this).

         

        #Just so you know, the thing is a little volitile but I was able to use my Line 6 UX2 with jack-audio with (so far) dependable success.

        #Just F.Y.I., I bought a M-Audio MobilePre the other day and it works right out of the box.

         

        #Here is who I owe my sanity to: http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/

        • bkmfs2 Just Startin' 4 posts since
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          Mar 29, 2011 10:18 PM (in response to bkmfs2)
          Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

          I have hated every second it took me to figure this stuff out.  I am very angry with Line 6.

          • bkmfs2 Just Startin' 4 posts since
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            Mar 29, 2011 10:21 PM (in response to bkmfs2)
            Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

            Extreme hate.

            • benet221 Just Startin' 1 posts since
              Nov 29, 2010
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              Apr 2, 2011 1:55 AM (in response to bkmfs2)
              Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

              I'm trying to get HD300 works with ubuntu lucid (2.6.35-25).
              Looks like this devices is not supported.

               

              I change the LINE6_DEVID_POCKETPOD 0x5051 to 0x5057 on the usbdefs.h, compile and reconnect, I can see the driver loads, but not in use, and is not appear on /proc/asound/cards

               

              Any experience with HD300 and ubuntu?

              • muck_fr Just Startin' 1 posts since
                Aug 5, 2011
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                Sep 14, 2011 1:24 AM (in response to benet221)
                Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

                Hello dear ubuntu-line6 users,

                 

                I own a pod HD 500 and at this time, I'm not able to manage the full connexion between ubuntu and the pod.

                I'll get ubuntu studio soon and then retry.

                 

                Somenone has some positive experience in connecting a pod HD  with ubuntu?

                 

                Is there any other solutions than getting an additional usb sound card? By the way, someone has advices on the usb sound card choice for ubuntu?

                 

                Thanks in advance.

                 

                Nico.

                • crice53 Just Startin' 6 posts since
                  May 7, 2007
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                  Mar 13, 2012 2:49 PM (in response to muck_fr)
                  Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

                  Positive experience for PODXTLive using a Virtual machine with Oracle VMware  in Ubuntu.

                   

                  Failed with WINE atmo, software installs but will not recognise device......

                   

                  will keep looking for a way to 'install ' the device driver in WINE/Ubuntu...

                  • jefframble Just Startin' 1 posts since
                    Oct 24, 2011
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                    May 30, 2012 5:24 AM (in response to crice53)
                    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

                    Hi Crice,

                    I'm trying to connect the PodHD500 to Linux. The Effect-&Variax-Control works fine with VirtualBox but I'm not able to record via USB although i had the ALSA driver installed via Line6Monkey. The HD500 shows up as an input source in the WinXP preferences and in the recording software (Audacity). But when I hit the record button the transport line doesn't move and I don't hear a thing (same happened with soundrec.exe and other rec-software). What recording software do you use?

                     

                    I tried it via Wine too - I installed usb4wine, alsa4wine, line6Monkey and the HD500 driver, but i can't get no connection.

                    You got me any advice?

                     

                    Thanks to all of you!

                    Cheers, Jeff.

  • seamonkeydcc Just Startin' 2 posts since
    Jul 22, 2007
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    May 26, 2012 3:17 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    interesting stuff!

     

    extreme request, but wondering if you've given any thought to an iOS port of your USB driver? i have a podxt live, and while line6 edit is better for editing patches than on the device itself, i can imagine editing patches on an ipad with multitouch would be ideal.

     

    i suppose you'd run the risk of line6 sending out cease and desist orders quickly as it'd interfere with sales of their midi mobilizer, but damn, it'd be cool.

  • KING_Hydra2013 Just Startin' 1 posts since
    Jan 1, 2013
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    Jan 1, 2013 3:56 PM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    Will this work on the line 6 pod ux2? Because I'm about to switch my laptop over to Ubuntu for various reasons from windows 8 and I need to know if this software will make the driver for ux2 on Ubuntu?

  • Odox Just Startin' 3 posts since
    Jan 21, 2013
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    Jan 29, 2013 1:14 AM (in response to grabner)
    Re: Linux driver for Line6 products

    I want to forward some information about my experiments with "Line 6 KB37" http://line6.com/podstudiokb37/ on Ubuntu. Simply connect it via USB gives no response at all. All LEDs and gauges are black and I can not see anything in Qjack. After installing Markus dirver (Line6linux 0.9.1beta) the same thing happens. No light, no life. If I run lsusb I can see that KB37 has id 0x4152. Since KB37 has some similarities with UX2, I wanted to test how KB37 worked with UX2 driver. With the advice from Markus, I could change the id on the UX2 in usbdefs.h as a test. Yes, but No! LEDs and meter lights up but the needles shows full scale and octave selection indicators LEDs all lit up. Under Windows, only one LED is lit at a time.

     

    Here I am now, and get to choose if I want to start making music in Windows or switch to another interface. Too bad, I like KB37 but have learned to make music in Linux.

     

    What I want out of my KB37 is MIDI from The keyboard and the sound from the microphone and instrument inputs. I do not need POD Farm, GearBox, etc.

     

    /Jeppe

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