Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ray Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: gps support Date: 14 Jun 2011 14:52:24 GMT Lines: 34 Message-ID: <95pat8Fld5U3@mid.individual.net> References: <95n68eFld5U2@mid.individual.net> <95ndeuFgjrU1@mid.individual.net> <-MmdnQOKvazx2GrQnZ2dnUVZ8qWdnZ2d@lyse.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zNVU+W43Xy1VeYiT6OzgXgWcSTVLX9sCYdfpijnxA9dc80tHK+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:pKOjOWUZFpyHOVSMFrKICZP+wg8= User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.hardware:429 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.