OK - seems that error message "The layer is not a valid layer............." is a generic message.
The problem seems to be one of GPSBabel not communicating with the Etrex. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpsbabel -D 9 -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS1 -o gpx -F waypoints.out GPSBabel Version: 1.3.3 Tx Data:10 fe 00 02 10 03 : ...(PRDREQ ) [ERROR] GPS_Packet_Read: Timeout. No data received. GARMIN:Can't init /dev/ttyS1 Rx Data: On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 10:01 +0930, Tony Bazeley wrote: > Hello, > > I am relatively new to Quantum GIS, and run Metis under Ubuntu Hardy > (amd-64). > > Tried to download data from an Etrex GPS and get an error "The layer > is not a valid layer and cannot be added to the map". The settings I > used are shown in the attached screen shot. > > However I reckon I've performed this operation successfully before > under an earlier Quantum version. > > This seems to be a problem under OSX > (http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1460) but I couldn't find > any reports for other platforms. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Cheers > Tony > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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