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Linux support for the EMS NDS Adapter+
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NDS Adapter Plus mac #24

Closed twelsh100 closed 8 years ago

twelsh100 commented 8 years ago

I cannot seem to get the adapter to work. This is what I am getting with the adapter plugged in.

Last login: Fri May 13 21:37:06 on console Thomass-MacBook-Pro:~ twelsh$ /Users/twelsh/Downloads/ndsplus ; exit; Could not find NDS Adapter+ - is it plugged in? logout

[Process completed]

I also tried to use it in VirtualBox on XP but I could never upgrade to v3.05 and v3.03 was not able to read the card. Any help would be great.

Thulinma commented 8 years ago

That sounds like a permissions issue (e.g. your user is not allowed to access the device). Unfortunately I'm not a Mac user myself, and can't really help much more than simply saying that. If there is a Mac equivalent to running something with elevated permission (like sudo or su on Linux) you might want to try that.

twelsh100 commented 8 years ago

I just tried turning off the Mac equivalent of device driver signing, but that did not work. I also created a windows partition to see if it would work if I disabled the device driver signing. I did not work on XP, 7, 8, or 10. Any advice would be great.

Thulinma commented 8 years ago

This method doesn't use any drivers whatsoever - the application communicates directly with the device over libusb. So no amount of fiddling with driver signing settings will make any difference. :-) The problem really is access permission: it needs to have permission to reach arbitrary USB devices, and thus needs to be run from the equivalent of an administrator account. That goes for all operating systems.

twelsh100 commented 8 years ago

Ok I just tried to do it as a root user on Mac and as an admin on my windows partition. I still got the same result. I was able to use Crossover to upgrade the firmware to v3.05, but when I tried to open the v3.03 exe I got this.

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Thulinma commented 8 years ago

Is it possible your adapter itself is perhaps malfunctioning and/or broken? If even the official software won't work with it anymore, I doubt this alternate driver will have more luck. You might want to try listing the plugged-in USB devices and checking if the adapter's ID (4670:9394) shows up in there. If it doesn't show up as a device, no amount of software magic is going to make it work (because then it's a hardware problem). If it does show up, it should be possible to get it working.

twelsh100 commented 8 years ago

Well sadly it looks like you're right. It did not show up as a listed device. Thanks for all the help.

Thulinma commented 8 years ago

I do believe EMS will exchange it for a working one if you send it back to them. At least, they did that when mine broke a few years back...

twelsh100 commented 8 years ago

Oh thanks for letting me know, I'll try doing that. And thanks for helping me out, I appreciate it.

Thulinma commented 8 years ago

No problem. Good luck!