linuxuser Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I'm planning to buy Casio PX-5S. However, I'm not sure if it works with my Linux system. There seem to be only Windows drivers available. So, does anyone know if I can use it with Linux? My distro is Ubuntu 12.04. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The PX-5S is "class compliant" USB, which means it doesn't use drivers. If you are talking about the Data Editors, those are only for MAC OS / WINDOWS. Do you have a DAW running on Linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxuser Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 I would like to use software like Rosegarden and also use the keyboard in my own programming projects. Does "class compliant" mean that it should work also on Linux without problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Does "class compliant" mean that it should work also on Linux without problems? That is correct.. Should work find and no drivers are needed. Do you have any USB devices currently plugged into your Linux machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 "Class compliant" is a term which affirms that a device conforms to a universal driver model. To clarify, "Class compliant" doesn't mean "driver-less". It just means that a device doesn't require a custom driver supplied by the manufacturer of that device. The class compliant device can work with a universal driver which is usually pre-installed in most operating systems like Windows and Mac. Having said that..the question still remains. Does Linux contain a class driver in it's system for use with midi devices? I would think it does. But I don't know Linux. Here's a bit of reading on this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldilettante Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I am running the Fedora 14 Linux distribution, which dates back to 2010. I have tried connecting my PX-5S to my computer through USB-MIDI. After a few seconds, a device file appeared in /dev, along with a convenient symbolic link /dev/midi1. I then had fun sending all sorts of MIDI commands, as well as reading the commands sent by the PX-5S, which it turns out, was set to send High-Resolution MIDI. I don't remember, though, whether I needed to be root to access the /dev/midi1 file. In short, it worked for me on Linux. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxuser Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Now I can confirm that the keyboard also works with my Linux out of the box. Interestingly, the manual states:"Never connect to a computer that does not conform to the above requirements."(above requirements = Windows or Mac) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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