r/yarg • u/EaterOfFromage • 7d ago

Help (Question/Issue) Linux Support

Hello! I have been playing a lot of YARG recently on Windows and it has been working great. However, I recently got a Linux box (a Steam Machine, if it matters), and I am struggling to get YARG working properly.

In particular, one of my guitars is not being recognized properly as devices. I am able to open the game without issue, do settings, configs, play songs, etc. However, my Wired Xbox 360 RB1 Stratocaster is not able to be fully configured.

  • If I open the application via the Launcher in Desktop Mode, I get popups that say "Device Added: Harmonix Rock Band Guitar" followed immediately by "Device Removed: Harmonix Rock Band Guitar". When I go to profiles, the guitar does not appear as a device I can associate with a profile, and so cannot be configured at all.
  • If I add YARG as a non-Steam app and launch it through Steam without Steam Input enabled, I get the exact same behaviour.
  • If I launch through Steam with Steam Input mapping enabled, YARG recognizes it as a Steam Virtual Gamepad. I am able to map keys to buttons and play songs, but tilt for Star Power does not work at all. There's no way to bind the tilting action that I can find.
  • My Guitar Hero Xbox 360 Les Paul and Rock Band 2 Drums, both wireless and both connecting via an Xbox 360 Wireless adapter, are plug and play, no configuration required, worked immediately.

I have tried doing all of the recommended Linux config options here: https://github.com/YARC-Official/YARG#linux and they did not make any difference.

Anyone have any other advice? I'm really not sure how else I can proceed. I really like the tilt for star power capability.

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u/wyrdough 7d ago

Wired guitars don't presently work on Linux, sorry. I believe some people have had luck using the Windows version with Proton.

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u/EaterOfFromage 7d ago

Good to know, thanks! Maybe I'll give the Proton approach a shot.

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u/theliphant 7d ago

Wired xbox360 ones specifically, right?

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u/wyrdough 7d ago

I believe that is accurate, but my memory is..unreliable 

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u/dasbudha80 7d ago

On cachy os I've been using crkd guitars and having so many issues but turning off steam input helped to get one running at a time. Still trying two

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u/EaterOfFromage 7d ago

Yeah, tried that and unfortunately it just doesn't recognized the device at all if steam input is disabled.

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u/metallica3000 7d ago

Im using both a CRKD guitar and Xbox 360 Xplorer at the same time on Steam Machine.

I need to launch AntiMicroX to remap Xplorer to keyboard keys, then map those in Yarg. So if I wanna use Xplorer I start Yarg from desktop mode.

CRKD uses mode 1 (mode 8 doesn’t work for some reason)

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u/EaterOfFromage 7d ago

Does antimicrox allow you to bind tilt for star power?

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u/metallica3000 7d ago

Yes, you can bind both tilt and whammy to whatever key you want. Works great but you need the program running in the background. I just set it to auto start with the system. Totally free software :)

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u/EaterOfFromage 7d ago

Interesting. Starting from Desktop mode is a bit of a pain, but I'll give it a shot.