Xubuntu Driver Station: Possible?

[hyprvx]

So on my laptop, I dual boot Windows 8.1 and Xubuntu 14.04. I'd like to try running the Driver Station software under Xubuntu, even if it is through Wine. Is there a method to getting this working, or must I stay with Windows?

[cadandcookies]

I haven't seen anything on running the driver's station software on linux for a while (check search), just remember that if I remember correctly only Windows is acually supported, so whatever rabbit hole you go down to get this working isn't likely to be one that NI/FIRST will support at competition.

[Greg McKaskle]

If it isn't hard to try it out, please do so and post your results. I develop and frequently run on a Mac VM. The newer DS will have fewer Windows dependencies than the current one, but as mentioned, Windows is the supported platform.

Greg McKaskle

[hyprvx]

Alright, I'm setting up Wine now and the DS software. Unfortunately it's going to be awhile until I can actually test, my team is offseason right now and I'm not in near proximity to the robot... that and it's hard to get into a school "just to test my laptop with our robot"

[Greg McKaskle]

Understood. Just running the DS without a robot is a decent test. If you can add a joystick and see the LEDs light up takes it further. I'd be rather surprised if the Cypress board works, but test it if you've got it.

Greg McKaskle

[gluxon]

Someone on Chief Delphi got the Driver Station to run on Linux with WINE in the past. Here's a link.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115473

There's also the open source Driver Station that I wrote a while back. It's working, but joystick support is still being explored. Joysticks are quite easy on Linux; the issue is just finding a cross platform way to get it to work. I might add Linux-only joystick support if I have time.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118768