[Gpsbabel-misc] gpsbabel and Ubuntu Maverick with eTrex Via Serial to USB

[Ian B. <li...@ma...>]

I don't think that this is a problem with gpsbabel, but I am posting 
here in case someone can help debug the problem.

Brief summary: I have a Garmin eTrex with a usb to serial converter, 
that uses a well known chip set. In Ubuntu versions prior to Maverick 
this all worked fine.

On the same hardware, with a clean install of Maverick if I try to run 
something like:

gpsbabel -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F waypoints.gpx

No errors are reported, but gpsbabel just waits for ever trying to 
connect to the eTrex. No errors are reported in syslog or messages. 
Upping the debug in gpsbabel produces no error messages or entries in 
the logs.

I get exactly the same problem when I try with the latest Linux Mint, 
based on Debian Squeeze. I suspect that this may be either a kernel bug, 
or a bug in the usb to serial driver. However, despite trying for 
several days, I can't et anything to produce any sort of log message or 
error message.

Any suggestions on how to get more info gratefully received! The link to 
my Ubuntu bug report is 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kernel-headers/+bug/666633

Ian.