Package: gpsbabel Version: 1.4.0-1 Severity: important
When I connect my GPS using a USB cable to download gpx traces the device is mounted on /dev/ttyUSB0. #tail -f /var/log/syslog Oct 1 22:22:07 debian-hacking kernel: [262193.378693] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 8 Oct 1 22:22:19 debian-hacking kernel: [262205.876075] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 9 Oct 1 22:22:19 debian-hacking kernel: [262206.037098] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=091e, idProduct=0003 Oct 1 22:22:19 debian-hacking kernel: [262206.037104] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 Oct 1 22:22:19 debian-hacking kernel: [262206.037247] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 1 22:22:19 debian-hacking kernel: [262206.039172] garmin_gps 2-1:1.0: Garmin GPS usb/tty converter detected Oct 1 22:22:19 debian-hacking kernel: [262206.039291] usb 2-1: Garmin GPS usb/tty converter now attached to ttyUSB0 But when I try using gpsbabel for download traces I get the following message: $gpsbabel -w -r -t -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F /home/<path>.gpx [ERROR] XSERIAL: Cannot open serial port '/dev/ttyUSB0': Permission denied [ERROR] Cannot open serial port '/dev/ttyUSB0' GARMIN:Can't init /dev/ttyUSB0 The group of /dev/ttyUSB0 is dialout. #ls -l /dev/|grep ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 oct 1 22:22 ttyUSB0 My users in a newly installed system, not include in the group dialout. #groups <user> <user> : <user> lp cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin netdev I solved the problem add user to dialout group. #adduser <user> dialout After that I download the tracks. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=es_VE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=es_VE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gpsbabel depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-16 userspace USB programming library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages gpsbabel recommends: ii gpsbabel-doc 1.4.0-1 GPS file conversion plus transfer gpsbabel suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org