Re: gps support

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Date	14 Jun 2011 14:52:24 GMT
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:25:37 +0200, David Brown wrote:

> On 13/06/2011 23:23, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I'm a VirtualBox user - USB works very well with it (at least with a
> Linux host - guest USB with a Windows host can be unreliable).  I have
> no problem using my Garmin GPS within a VirtualBox XP machine, and no
> complaints about the speed.

No offense, but I don't have an MS license. I'm also of the opinion that 
if you have to run MS in a virtual machine to accomplish something, then 
you've gained very little by running Linux in the first place.

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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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