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Note: Myhrman says it should work with most toneports too but neither of us have one to test it out.
First open your Terminal
Applications> Accessories> Terminal
You will need to get Subversion
sudo apt-get install subversionThen you will need to get the source
svn co https://line6linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/line6linux
Change to the directory
cd line6linux/driver/trunk
Time to build from the source but first make sure you have the latest build and headers
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers
(Note: You will atlest have version 2.6.27.14. To check your version in terminal type uname -r)
Now that is updated and you are in the trunk directory
make
sudo make install
Now shutdown and restart with the guitar port (or toneport) connected and you should beable to see it in your
System> Preferences> Sound
Only use the OSS drivers for native OS support and to prevent feedback while using Jack Keep the “Monitor” channel muted.
I wish you’d post pictures / links / explanations of what things are. What is line6 guitar port??
I have same question
If you don’t know what it is, nor how to use Google, you don’t need one.
http://line6.com/guitarport/
I don’t think that’s true. I play guitar and I use Ubuntu so I may well be interested. I don’t want to use google to research products every time a new post is made. If a description of the product is not given then the only use for this blog is via google for a specific problem, therefore the number of general-interest subscribers (i.e. me) will decrease.
Works great! Now I have the ability to use my guitar port as a usb sound device. I’ve successfully recorded microphone audio into Audacity and worked with skype. I can’t use my line6 guitarport software or anything but for now it saves me buying a usb microphone.
FYI I’m running Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit
No seriously… learn to use google first. Why are you using Ubuntu Linux if you’re not pre-dsposed to doing a little research on your own?
Hi there,
Thank you for the tip, my toneport UX1 is now recognised.
Apart from using my toneport as a USB sound device, can I use it as a USB guitar amp ?
I saw there is a “apps” folder, are there any application coming soon ?
Thanks !
i managed to install the device,but when i try to play a sound, i get a simple noise!!
do you have any idea what’s going on??
I’ve built the application using the RT linux headers and installed it. Having rebooted and connected my TonePort UX2 I can see that Ubuntu has recognised it by looking at System> Preferences> Sound. However I can’t get any sound out of the Toneport. I guess that I’m not configuring something properly. Here’s what I did:
In System> Preferences> Sound I have most options set to ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound ARchitecture. I have the mixer set to HDA Intel (ALSA mixer). I have Sound Capture set to the Tone Port UX2 ALSA option that now appears.
I start Jack Control and run the Jack Server and connect the capture inputs of System to the Playback outputs of System. I don’t hear anything. I also tried including Rosegarden and recording from an audio input but there was still no sound. Can someone please supply some step by step instructiuons on how to configure Jack, etc now that the TonePort is being recognised?
Thanks, Joe
I have the same problem. I’ve made it all like it wrote in “how to”, using OSS but now have only noise instead of music. How to fix it? Thanks.
Compiling kernels is a little above my skill level and nerves. Has anybody tried virtualbox yet? I will post if I find time to attempt it but in the meanwhile, there is a guy taking a poll on developing Line 6 drivers ( http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/poll.php5 ) and the more votes he has, the better off we will be.
thx
bks
32 bit super os/ubuntu 9.04/ubuntu studio…all in one!
Line 6 Toneport Ux2…gathering dust.
You do not need to compile the kernel here, you compile the application only. Since you compile it for YOUR computer, you just need some kernel informations, it cannot break your ubuntu.
I’m interested to know also if it works in virtualbox, could be an alternative if latency is not too bad. Anyone tried?
Hi,
I have done all steps but I can only get a noise while playing something. Have you any idea about how to fix it?
First thanks for the posting and the work on this. OK, I followed the instructions and things seemed to go smoothly, but I have nothing in my Audio device box (System> Preferences> Sound> Hardware). Anyone have any ideas of what might be going on?
The light on my TonePort DI is showing green.
Cheers,
Bud
Thanks for posting this. I followed the steps to no avail. My experience is similar to the fellow above. The green light is on, but there is nothing showing in my Audio device box.
This is a POD Studio UX1, by the way. Is there a great deal of difference between this and the Toneport? I am also using a RT kernel.
Thanks again.
This did not work. It recognizes the device but all I hear are clicks.
@Gareth :
The difference between these two products is that the Toneport is almost completely managed by a software (Gearbox - an amp simulator), whereas you can change some setting directly on the Pod (tone, overdrive… - not sure I only have a Toneport) without a software.
Thus with these drivers, you also need other software to use a Toneport (Jack, Rakkarack, Rosegarden, …).
I am actually trying to get a working set with my Toneport, these drivers and Jack, but it still doesn’t work.
Anyone has benn able to do that ?
And for those who are interested, I just updated the drivers, and the Toneport is now working !
Just do the install process again