On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 10:48 +0200, Tomas Straupis wrote:
2011-03-07 Marko Mäkelä:
Is there a "MapSource for dummies" for us poor Linux guys? I would like to convert the output of mkgmap --index to the device gmapsupp.img format, and I guess I would need MapSource under WINE for that. How would that work?
Me too! Especially the part of "transferring the map to device". Because launching MapSource via wine is ok, but later MapSource refuses to see any GPS device attached...
-- Tomas Straupis
Hi, WINE does not support USB devices, so the GPS connection options will be limited when running MapSource in WINE. I can make a serial connection to my etrex after creating the following link to com1: (ubuntu) sudo ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1 and then load the kernel driver (if not already loaded) sudo modprobe garmin_gps but I recall that I can't get it to work with my Nuvi which appears to require a true USB connections. I don't think you can create a gmapsupp.img file because of the USB-WINE restriction. Also I am not 100% sure my instructions are complete, because I may have modifications to my system that I have forgotten. The best bet might be the non-open-source (but still free) version of virtualbox from Sun which I understand has usb drivers. Garvan