[OSM-newbies] Making Garmin eTrex Vista responsive to a Linux system

[Patrick May]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 09:12:01AM +0100, Johannes Huesing wrote:
> Dear mappers,
> could anyone point me to a good site walking me through the process of 
> making the Garmin eTrex Vista HCx addressable with gpsbabel from my
> Linux system?
> 
> As of now, I tried to follow the steps described in the page gpsbabel
> points me to: 
> 
> http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html
> 
> Being a user of Ubuntu Hardy Heron myself, I have now added the file named
> /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules with the following contents:
> 
> UBSYSTEM!="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", GOTO="garmin_rules_end" 
> ACTION!="add", GOTO="garmin_rules_end" 
> ATTRS{idVendor}=="091e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev" 
> LABEL="garmin_rules_end"
> UBSYSTEM!="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", GOTO="garmin_rules_end" 
> ACTION!="add", GOTO="garmin_rules_end" 
> ATTRS{idVendor}=="091e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev" 
> LABEL="garmin_rules_end"
> 
> and restarted udev using udevadm trigger.
> 
> The system still reacts to my gpsbabel approaches
> 
> gpsbabel -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F blah.gpx
> 
> with 
> 
> usb_set_configuration failed, probably because kernel driver ''
>  is blocking our access to the USB device.
> For more information see http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html
> 
> Surely I should deactivate kernel driver ''? 
> 
> That being said (partly out of frustration), I must admit that I admire
> the skill and effort that many have put into making up for insufficient
> documentation and support by the device vendor that Santa just rewarded
> by handing them over money for the specimen that rests on my desk.
> 
> -- 
> Johannes H??sing               There is something fascinating about science. 
>                               One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture 
> mailto:johannes at huesing.name  from such a trifling investment of fact.                
> http://derwisch.wikidot.com         (Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi")
> 
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Should the entry start with "SUBSYSTEM" and not "UBSYSTEM"?

See http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

Patrick
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