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PROBLEM:

There is a bug in the serial port code of Garble such that it does not
set the serial port it uses for the GPS to raw mode. Some ports,
notably the /dev/ttyS0 etc. recommended by the README for connecting
with the GPS do some processing by default on the input so that the
Garmin GPS data gets corrupted -- thus Garble times out waiting for
the GPS to respond.

FIX:

Use /dev/cua0 or /dev/cua1 instead of /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 --
these ports do not do any processing by default. Also, I think that
running ... read more

I just submitted the initial release to www.freshmeat.net, we'll have to see how it goes!