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Re: gps support

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:20:47 +0000, ray wrote:

> I happened to note today at the local Fred Meyer that they have a bunch
> of electronic stuff on sale for 30% off. So, started me wondering about
> support for :
> 
> tomtom XL340s
> garmin nuvi 1250
> 
> Anyone have any direct experience? Web search indicates that garmin
> devices may be decently supported.

There is no Linux support for Garmins however an XP VM on KVM works. The 
performance of the USB link on KVM is poor, the update to my Garmin was an 
overnight job but it does work. WINE doesn't work, you need a Windows VM.

You will need to identify the Garmin's USB port before you attach it to 
the VM, lspci will do the the trick. Once you know which port it is you 
can connect the port to the VM and then boot it, install the Garmin 
software and then reboot it. I don't know if VirtualBox does a better job 
of this because I'm a KVM user.

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gps support ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-06-13 19:20 +0000
  Re: gps support General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-13 21:23 +0000
    Re: gps support Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-06-14 07:37 +0200
    Re: gps support David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-06-14 13:25 +0200
      Re: gps support ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-06-14 14:52 +0000
        Re: gps support "Dave {Reply Address In.Sig}" <noone$$@llondel.org> - 2011-06-14 19:23 +0100
          Re: gps support ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-06-14 22:23 +0000
        Re: gps support Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-06-14 23:57 +0200
          Re: gps support ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-06-14 22:22 +0000
            Re: gps support Jim Whitby <nospam@whitby-jr.org> - 2011-06-14 23:06 +0000
              Re: gps support ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-06-15 00:29 +0000
          Re: gps support General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-15 03:24 +0000
        Re: gps support General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-14 22:05 +0000
        Re: gps support David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-06-15 11:02 +0200
          Re: gps support ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-06-15 13:46 +0000
            Re: gps support General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-15 15:44 +0000

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