F8 and a GPS -
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Jun 30 18:45:18 UTC 2008
Bob Goodwin USA wrote:
>
> I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a
> collection of Windows software on a CD.
>
> Is there an application for F8 that will permit me to communicate with
> it. At first I thought I would just plug it in and extract coordinate
> information for my present position but it's not that easy.
>
> It would be even more convenient if I could list a destination address
> from the computer keyboard instead of using the little touch screen
> which doesn't really seem designed for normal human sized finger tips.
>
> It does show up on my XFCE desk top when plugged in and I can list some
> files, none of which seem to be usable in Linux.
>
> Can I do anything with it via Linux?
>
> Bob
>
>
Take a look at gpsd. The version in the archives does not have udev
support, but you can grab that from the gpsd development tree.
Mikkel
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