On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:26:12AM +0000, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:57:45PM -0400, Bernard wrote: > > On 8/29/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote: > > > > > > > > problem. Eventually, I will have to plug my GPS on a laptop with > > > > USB port only so I have to find a solution. According to a few > > > > things read on the web I have to load the garmin_gps module. I > > > > did it with succes but the documentation found said to use > > > > /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have. Maybe I still have a few > > > > things to understand about the USB devices and udev! > > > > Your documentation may not have taken udev into account. Assuming > > > that you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and > > > then plug in the gps and see if a message appears that tells you > > > what device it connects to. I've never hooked my GPS up to the > > > computer. However, for comparison, my Palm comes up as something > > > like /dev/pilot. > > > > Ok, here is what I got from syslog: > > > > Aug 29 21:53:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3 Aug > > 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using > > uhci_hcd and address 4 Aug 29 21:53:28 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: > > configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > > Do you seen something useful from this? > > > > There were no further messages? > > Does the Debian gpsman or gpsd package documents have anything to suggest? > I note that many of the packages found with aptitude search ~dgarmin > mention attaching a GPS via serial port however gpsd says serial or USB. > Perhaps the documentation in that package will give you some pointers. >
Depending on the package he may have to modprobe garmin_gps to get /dev/ttyUSB0 Other programs can access directly the gps through libusb (gpsbabel for instance). http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html Philippe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
