Re: [Line6linux-user] Ubuntu Edit software with Spider IV & MrkII Express

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Roy Kalinowski wrote on Wednesday 04 May 2011 18:32:

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> </head><body> Hi,<br>I am running Ubuntu 10.10 with Wine. I was able to
> install Line6 Edit software and have it come up onscreen but it says 'no
> devices to connect to'.<br>I'm suspecting something related to USB drivers
> perhaps. any assistance to getcommunicaiton would be appreciated.<br>I
> have ver 2.0 firmware in my spider IV 75 amp. I am using the FBV EXPRESS™
> MkII pedal.<br>I am NOT using midi, don't want or need to, I just want to
> retrieve and save the amp presets by way of my laptop running
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If keeping and restoring a backup of your presets is indeed all you need, 
you can probably get this done more easily (no need for Wine), see section 
4.1.3 of http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/driverdocs.pdf for details.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I didn't test this driver feature for quite some time now, 
so I highly recommend to create a backup of your presets with the native 
Line6 Windows driver and software before trying if you can do the same with 
the Linux driver and scripts.

Less important note: I plan to move this feature to a user space application 
in the future, so if this method should stop working in a future driver 
release, be sure to read the release notes on how to migrate.

	Kind regards,
		Markus

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