wine users - May 2006 - Re: Can Garmin's (MapSource) USB map-card reader be used in Wine?

Hello,

I tried to install Mapsource 6 in Wine (20050211.2) on MDK LE2005 but it
didn't install... The same with GIDroute which installed but didn't want
to
be launched.

I will give it a try on MDV 2006 but I don't expect a miracle. And the
pseudo
map applications for Linux are not really what we can consider as useful and
easy to handle with...

Ciao @+



CWO4 Dave Mann wrote:
> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> 
>> sundialsvc4 wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a Garmin GPS which uses a map-card that is loaded, using the
>>> MapSource software, through a USB memory-card reader of
Garmin's own
>>> design.
>>> 
>>> (1) Can this device be accessed in Wine?
>>> 
>>> (2) As a non-Wine-related aside, is there any other alternative
>>> {roll-eyes-toward-heaven} for the (dreadful) MapSource program..
that
>>> can load maps into this card and thence into this GPS device?
>> 
>> Since Wine depends on user contribution, my reply would be:  Try it and
>> see. Post your results to the database of apps on the Wine site:
>> http://appdb.winehq.org/
>> 
>> If you can find a Linux equivalent, you can bypass Wine.  I have
noticed
>> on Freshmeat.net several editions of a program for loading US street
maps
>> into
>> a GPS device.  There is a project there called "GPS
Configurator"
>> specifically for your device, using GTK.  Just type "GPS"
into the search
>> field.
>> 
>> Doug.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Study History - Know the Future

>> 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

Hello,

Well I tested it and Worldmap installed like a charm, whereas Metroguide
Europe MPS 7 does not (MDV 2006 with the default Wine version).

Like I did on 'doz I copied the CD on the HDD to install it, but the
installer for MPS7 Europe does only launch from the HDD and not from the
CD. It asks for a file but doesn't find it either on the CD nor on the HDD.

I'm quite sure there's a foul's trick to install the stuff, and
I'm gonna
look for the previous posts in this NG.

Ciao @+



CWO4 Dave Mann wrote:
> Thanks for the info.  I went ahead and bought a $250 Compaq laptop running
> Windoze 2000 and mounted that in my truck.  I cleaned out all of the other
> stuff, so the laptop is now basically a dedicated Map Display.  Works fine
> and no problems.  Hated to do it, being a Linux guy for several years, but
> business is business.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> Beartooth wrote:
> 
>>  
>>>> 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!
>> 
>