Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Garmin GPSMap 60c - cannot import waypoints or tracklogs

[Bill W. <wo...@ne...>]

"Robert Lipe" <rob...@us...> writes:

> As an aside, the Garmin serial driver in Linux doesn't work very well for some
> people.  See 
> http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html for tips on getting it out of
> your life so you can use "usb:" instead of "/dev/ttyUSBn"

Hi Robert,

While I was able to export waypoints just fine using /dev/ttyUSB0, I
was getting strange behavior on import. Two out of three times, I'd
get a timeout error. On the third time, only about 5 waypoints would
be imported even thought when using the -D flag, it appears that all
waypoints are read and accepted! I was never able to successfully
download tracks either.

I then discovered the above web page and followed those directions so
that I could use usb:. With this update, I was able to import
waypoints with reckless abandon. Tracks too! 

Like Joey, I'm on Debian (etch), and just got the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx.
I'll be upgrading to gpsbabel 1.3.3 from 1.3.2 as soon as I stop playing
with my new toy and upgrade my Debian system to the new testing. In the
meantime, the current version is uploading and downloading waypoints,
routes, and tracks just fine. Thanks!

Here is replacement text for the above page which fixes a typo, notes
that the Ubuntu section covers Debian as well, and fixes how the content
of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist is rendered. Sticking the blacklist command
in a comment won't do much good!

<h2>Debian & Ubuntu Dapper Drake</h2>
To keep the OS from loading the (frequently dysfunctional) kernel
garmin_gps module, edit <code>/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist</code> and
add the lines <p /><code># stop garmin_gps serial from loading for USB
garmin devices <br />blacklist garmin_gps<br /></code> To allow the USB devices
to be read and written by a non-privileged user, create a file named
<code>/etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules</code> with the following
contents <p /><code>SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003",
MODE="666"</code><br />

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