Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] gpsbabel 1.3.0 hangs whilst connecting to Garmin eTrex on OpenBSD

[Thomas W. <gra...@gm...>]

On 7/24/06, Robert Lipe <rob...@us...> wrote:
> > I am currently trying to port gpsbabel to OpenBSD, and have been
>
> Hmmm.  It used to work.
>
> > $ gpsbabel -D9 -i garmin -f /dev/tty00 -o gpx -F -
> > GPSBabel Version: 1.3.0
> >
> > Only the above is shown, even after several minutes, until stopping with ctrl-c.
>
> This implies that tty00 is blocking the open.   You need  to use a device
> that doesn't block awaiting hardware handshake.
>
> > $ gardump -w
> > [gardump version 2.4]
>
> If you trace gardump, what tty device is it using?
>
> RJL
>
>

Sorry for the delay in replying.
I don't really know how to trace, but checking the source, it uses /dev/tty00.
By the way, source can be found at
ftp://ftp.snafu.org/pub/garmin-utils-2.4.tar.gz

Thanks,
Tom