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 _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
