Thread: iGO 8 running on 'nix

Originally Posted by forevertheuni

Hi. I'm trying to use the symlink to com5 like you did from my /dev/rfcomm0 (bluetooth gpsdevice com port) and iGo says gps not found any hints?

make sure the device is accessible to the user running wine.

Originally Posted by tripzero

make sure the device is accessible to the user running wine.

chmod 777 /dev/rfcomm0 ?is there any way to know if wine is seeing the COM outside igo?

doesn't work

Just check the permissions of /dev/ttyUSB0 when the device is attached. E.g:

# ls -la /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Oct 9 13:43 /dev/ttyUSB0

Then add your user to the suitable group:

gpasswd -a <user> dialout

Logout and login to get your groups updated.

Automatically searching from iGO stops for me on Com5 speed 4800 and delivers signal just like from Windows.

Hello guys,
here's my problem.

I did everything exactly you say. I have CoPiclot Bluetooth GPS and I use Blueman.
So, I connect the GPS with the Joggler running Ubuntu karmic and my device hooks up to rfcomm0.

When I cat /dev/rfcomm0 I see the GPS streaming data, but iGO doesn't find the device.
I tried to chmod the device and it's okay but still iGO don't see the device.

I also tried to make a link with rfcomm to com1 -ln.... and it creates a link but nothing
After I make the link i cat /dev/com1 and it streams but it seems like WINE does not see the device.

Please help.

anyone with any ideas pls pls pls. Just FYI I also tried to chmod the device but still nothing

Hello friends,
Please please somebody help me with this issue. It's driving me crazy.
So I installed OS Mint on my joggler and it works okay but the GPS.
I use Targus GPS dongle connected to an USB HUB and my GPS device is CoPilot.
I installed Igo8 and entered the key so it doesn't ask me if my gps is garmin anymore. Despite that the program (running in WINE) doesn't "see" any gps device. I tried usb and bluetooth option from Igo.
If I go cat /dev/rfcomm0 in terminal I see streaming coordinates, but Wine and Igo can not connect.

Please help

George

you did linked the device to wine?

e.g.:

cd ~/.wine/dosdevices
ln -s /dev/rfcomm0 com5

Hello everyone,

Yes, what I did was

# cd /home/joggler/.wine/dosdevices
# ln -s /dev/rfcomm0 com1

Does it have to be com5 ? I'll try with com5 right away

Thank you,
George