EFILive on Linux

[Chevy366]

I got around to installing EFILive through Codeweaver's program , EFILive looks awesome running on Linux very fast , only problem is it does not find the USB drivers .
Will try auto-update as well and see if it works .
One step closer to a no Windows computer !

[SS2win]

Heh! wouldn't that be nice!! well keep us posted on your progress.

[mxracer]

Have you tried qemu?

I haven't installed EFILive under it yet, but I have a multi effects pedal for guitar that is winblows only as well and is usb and was able to get it working.

It might be the same with codweavers but with qemu it's all about figuring out what startup switches you need to mount devices correctly.

If I get some time I'll play with EFILive as well on linux.

What distro are you running?

[Chevy366]

Have you tried qemu?

I haven't installed EFILive under it yet, but I have a multi effects pedal for guitar that is winblows only as well and is usb and was able to get it working.

It might be the same with codweavers but with qemu it's all about figuring out what startup switches you need to mount devices correctly.

If I get some time I'll play with EFILive as well on linux.

What distro are you running?

SuSE 11.0 , with KDE 4 .
Hmmm , will Google gemu , if I knew where EFILIve looked for the USB drivers , I think it is the "driver" folder in EFILive but that contains the USB driver already so for some reason it is not seeing it , have not had time to play with it but when I can waste a day on it I will try and get it working .
Codeweavers uses WINE still and I am not a big fan of WINE , if we could get the Coder to write a Linux version for us , hint , hint .

[SS2win]

I don't know if this is all you need but my windows xp reports the following for the V2 driver.

c:\windows\system32\drivers\ftdibus.sys
c:\windows\system32\ftbusui.dll
c:\windows\system32\ftd2x.dll

[mxracer]

On second thought qemu might not be what you are wanting to do.

It is an emulator and what you end up with is windows running inside of linux.

I'll still play some with it to see what I can come up with, but if you are looking for a 100% non windows solution qemu is not it.

Sorry if I confused things

[ScarabEpic22]

Im interested in this, Ill probably never run Linux full time but I will never say never.

And in Vista's defense, it is actually pretty solid if you use x64 and have a machine powerful enough to run its hogging personality. But I started using it in Sept 07 after 9 months of it being out so Im sure Micro$oft got some things "fixed" by then. SP1's supposed to be better, Ill be able to tell once I get a new laptop after mine got fried.

But, Ive been doing a little looking into Windows 7 and Im liking what I see. Take Vista, and polish all the crap out of it is basically what Im seeing plus a few more features/reorganized things. Think public beta starts here soon, have to get in on that...

[Jasondt2001]

anyone thought of using NDiswrapper for the linux side of USB drivers/translation?
I just got The newest EFILive 7.5, and 8 installed on wine and was extactic!!!
Havent plugged anything in yet as the stuff is in the truck and it's COLD outside.

[Chevy366]

anyone thought of using NDiswrapper for the linux side of USB drivers/translation?
I just got The newest EFILive 7.5, and 8 installed on wine and was extactic!!!
Havent plugged anything in yet as the stuff is in the truck and it's COLD outside.

NDISWrapper is for PCICMA cards Modems and such (use to run NDISWrapper a few years ago , before the kernel had card support added) , it is a thought , try and let us know if you get anywhere with it . I think EFILIve is locked by USB driver installation and unless EFILive is triggered by that event it will balk about it .
Yeah I think if you can get EFILive pass the USB detection process you will be fine , I have not played with it anymore yet , but I seem to remember WINE having a way to specify a device and point to it , kernel 2.6 has FTDI drivers already so getting WINE and EFILive to see them is needed , Linux sees the V2 and loads drivers for it .
Linux has matured and doesn't' t need the Kernel building of older years past , much easier , the phobia about Linux needs to be dispelled , it is harder than Winders but God 10 times more secure .

[joecar]

Yes, linux is like a car you're building up... recompile a new kernel every week, write a kernel driver to support a new card, write better lspci and lsscsi utilities, write a new shared library to use sysfs, modify ~/.bashrc and /etc/bashrc, write a few bash/korn scripts, edit/recompile gcc... it goes on... no boredom...