>> I've tried using a couple of these Linux applications on my eTrex Legend >> GPS. It has a serial port cable for loading and downloading. Nothing >> seems to be able to communicate with the GPS unit, either running EasyGPS >> under Wine or the others directly under Linux. The unit and software and >> cable work fine with a Win98 box I have in the work shop. >> >> So, my conclusion is that there is no usable Linux or Wine-compatible >> software which will talk to the Garmin family in a productive manner. That can be done. See three threads here, dated March 12 & 13 of this year, starting with "Mappery..." Nutshell : With a lot of work and a lot of help from savvier people, I got both the etrex vista and the rino 120 to connect with MapSource, and also with Maptech's Terrain Navigator (which I like a lot better) -- once each. Then I lost it again; and FC5 has made CrossoverOffice harder to use, so far, than FC4 did. So I've left the whole project pretty much in abeyance till the software changes again -- or somebody with substantially more savvy than me takes it up. One of you already in this thread might be that person. My results, and the way I got them, are scattered among several lists, wherever I could get help with one piece or another; leads to them are offered in the posts I mentioned. If any of you want to work on this and don't find something, or have any questions about what you do find, I'll be glad to offer what help I can. I want this project to succeed all the time and with ease, intensely; and I'm sure it will, sooner or later; but I'm still not up to it, or its user-friendliness isn't down to my level yet. Strength to your arms! -- Beartooth Staffwright, Hunter by Birth, Not Quite Clueless Fedora Power User _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
