Re: F8 and a GPS -

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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