has anyone run tunerstudio with linux and usb cable?

smurfbus · 10-23-2016, 08:43 AM

I have spent last 8 hours trying to get it working, no luck.

Detect does not find anything and tunerstudio works fine with my older xp laptop. I would really like to get it to function on my faster lenovo x201 with linux mint with newest kernel and packets. I can get the ftdi2xx drivers to read from the ms3pro but the ms3pro does not like to connect? Not much info on this over intardnet. First 7 hours went before I could even figure how to get the ftdi2xx working (need to rmmod VCP drivers first)

I'm a total linux noob too, but I can follow instructions and that's how I got the drivers to function. I also needed to install some compiling packets to get it working but those were easy to diagnose with error codes like 'missing stdio.h'

Any help appreciated.

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 08:46 AM

version of linux , Ubuntu ?

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 08:52 AM

doh ..just saw linux mint

smurfbus · 10-23-2016, 08:54 AM

Here the shot from usb ms3pro eeprom read

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 08:55 AM

linux mint is based on Ubuntu , try searching the Ubuntu forums or knowledge base

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 08:58 AM

the Ms3pro does not like something the Linux is doing

some debug here for USB mounting ect

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB

smurfbus · 10-23-2016, 09:04 AM

Does the ms3pro show as a flash as it has sd-card in it? So mounting problem perhaps?

I installed a hardinfo app and it does not show any com ports or usb devises?

I need to look at your link, thanks

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 09:26 AM

sorry I thought the noncom was between your laptop/tablet and the MS3pro

smurfbus · 10-23-2016, 09:37 AM

Well it is but only from ms3pro to laptop it seems as I can read the eeprom of the ms3pro from my laptop (at least I think it did that in the second post)

F1 will start soon so cant focus on this much longer today

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 09:43 AM

Ha

I'm in Austin at F1 track at decent Corporate booth on front straight

nice 75 degrees F wind is picking up and will have some impact

smurfbus · 09:55 AM

Ive done Monza twice, hockenheim, san marino ( Imola) and hungary. The sound was a big downgrade so I havent gone back in few years.

I will of cource root for Kimi and Valtteri but strangely enough Nico also has a Finnish passport ( being Kekes son)

Black_Hat · 10-23-2016, 09:58 AM

I'm disappointed F1 has turned in to tire mgmt instead of who can drive the fastest

flightlead404 · flightlead404's Garage

I went through this trying to run on linux and mac native. I've ended up running a windows 7 vm under vmware fusion on my mac. it also worked under virtualbox on ubuntu.

I had to find ancient drivers for my usb to serial converter, but it works now.

smurfbus · 10-23-2016, 10:28 AM

It did not work on my linux wine install either.

flightlead404 · flightlead404's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by smurfbus

It did not work on my linux wine install either.

Forget about wine, get virtualbox

jpnovak · 10-23-2016, 03:48 PM

I don't think it will work. Probably need a direct serial conversion.

You could also consider MegaTuniX but I think development stopped on it.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/megatunix/

smurfbus · 10-23-2016, 08:05 PM

Huh, I think I will need to look at the virtualbox or is that also waste of time? My x201 has win7 lisence at the bottom. Is there win7 media available or do I need to find one that came with some laptop? IIRC xp did not install on it with some blue screens from some PCI driver.

smurfbus · 10-25-2016, 09:48 AM

I intalled a virtualbox win7 but it does not work as the usb cable does not get recognized and I cant install the drivers.

BUT

ms3pro support helped with this and now I have connection with MINT (they have a test install on MINT). I needed to run tunerstudio from terminal with sudo so its a permission problem anyway. I hope to get the correct group info so I can run it also from icon but this was a major brakethrough.

My account permissions so far (non working)

JFairman · 10-29-2016, 09:37 PM

You may be able to run it in windows XP compatibility mode on any windows 7, 8.1, or 10 machine. Running native or as a virtual operating system using the virtual box program in flavor of the month Linux or MAC.
Takes about 15 seconds to find out.

smurfbus · 10-29-2016, 10:07 PM

I installed a virtualbox and win7 on it. Could not get the usb or com ports to work with ms3pro. Now that I got my ftdi2xx drivers to work from linux terminal I will use that. Virtualbox was also much slower than native linux, painfully slow I might add.

I just bought a expresscard rs232 unit with oxford 952 chipset for my lenovo and hopefylly I can get it to work on linux too. It has native serial PCI communication so it should take out all possible communication errors that are trouble some with rs232/usb adapters. That would also take care of using hex-com vcds with my audi.