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gpsbabel package

  1. Bug #114565
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 114565

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mcmuller (gregor-emtea) wrote :

Hanno,

I just checked my logs:

so, on powerup /var/log/mesages just
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Jul 14 14:13:54 kirk kernel: [11685.185409] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
Jul 14 14:13:55 kirk kernel: [11685.325903] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
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and because of the default 'blacklist garmin_gps' in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist your lsmod should show no drivers, that is a correct behaviour. gpsbabel and qlandkarte use native usb: to connect to the device.

and yes, I ran the programs (qlandkarte&gpsbabel) as ordinary user who is member of the following groups:

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gregor@kirk:~/bin$ groups
gregor adm dialout cdrom floppy tape audio dip video plugdev scanner fuse lpadmin admin
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as mentioned above this all is true for a full patched hardy

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gregor@kirk:~/bin$ uname -a
Linux kirk 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
---snip

Perhaps, your problems are 'post-hardy' only ??

Greetings,
Gregor