On 02.05.2011 21:06, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
tag 625244 wontfix
thanks
Hi,
I tried to get gpsbabel to read the data from my Garmin EDGE 305 unit. This
only worked after removing the "garmin_gps" kernel module and running gpsbabel
as root (or manually adding a udev rule).
unfortunately some programs (like gpsd) need the module and others not. So there
is no proper way to decide if the module should be black listed or not. It is up
to the admin to decide what to do as there is no way to handle this
automatically. In Ubuntu the module was blacklisted but the blacklisting was
afaik removed as too many gpsd users complained about it. The proper way would
be to fix the module to allow access to the device from several programs and in
various modes. Or the real proper fix - ask Garmin to fix their USB mess.
Well, running "gpsbabel -i garmin" as root seems to be a good indicator
of administrator's choice to me. But at least the error message from 1.3
gives a much better picture of the situation than the non-committal from
1.4. It be great to have that re-instated.
Best Regards, David
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