iGuidance on Linux - Page 2

Wiredwrx · 06-22-2005, 12:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ddn

Well, it works, but I would say barely. Although I almost wonder if they are iGuidance bugs causing the crash. When 2.1 comes out, I'll try it again. We could always put a bounty on iGuidance under Wine. The speed is definitely there.

When you say IG bugs, do you mean bugs in the sense that everyone must experience the problem because it is a "Bug", no matter what platform/OS it is used on, or a bug in the sense that it doesn't work correctly with Linux/Wine (I am a complete noob with Linux, but I can answer most questions about IG. And, I have 2.1.1.)

As for the redraw being wierd when you drag the map, that is "Normal" since it happens in windows also.

Michael

RoyN · 07-09-2005, 08:45 PM

hey ddn did you try any of this with D3/FreeDrive?

I'd put some money into that pot!

cjastram · 10-27-2005, 12:59 PM

I'm trying to get iGuidance 2.1 working, and wine keeps saying,

fixme:comm:SetupComm insize 1024 outsize 256 unimplemented stub

Anybody know how to work around this problem?

Chris

tdb30_ · 11-02-2005, 04:07 PM

What vesrion of wine are you using? Have you tried manualy setting up the comm port using setserial? Maybe you have to do that?

cjastram · 11-03-2005, 03:02 PM

OK, I downloaded and compiled the latest and greatest Wine, and that problem has gone away. However, now it says, "too many open pipes," or something like that, and stops receiving GPS data after a couple seconds. Argh.

so much fun, dude

cjastram · 11-04-2005, 09:01 AM

OK, I think I've tracked this problem down a little further.

Wine says,
fixme:comm:SetupComm insize 1024 outsize 256 unimplemented stub

... then after a few seconds, it says,
wine client error:3eb: pipe: Too many open files

Well, I poked around a little, and bumped up the file limit (ulimit -n is my friend), but that only helped for another second or so. I went poking around /proc/[PID]/fd, and discovered hundreds of open /dev/ttyUSB0 descriptors.

So, that non-fatal SetupComm error is actually a showstopper. It seems that iGuidance tries to open the serial port, and it sortof works, but since it doesn't *really* work, iGuidance keeps opening the port.

FYI, the actual mapping and GPS reading works fine. Also, I did get it running once, I don't know how, and it worked fine for 10, 15 minutes until I closed it.

Chris
cej102937

tdb30_ · 11-05-2005, 03:46 PM

Maybe you can send a message to the wine developers list. Have you tried running it as root (I know its not a great idea but it could help diagnose some problems).

A little off topic, but...

Is it worth it for me to try to get a copy of iguidance and a receiver? How much would it cost me to get set up?

cjastram · 11-06-2005, 10:14 AM

iGuidance seems to be set up more for handheld users. However, the voice navigation is very nice, and the 3D map views are pretty cool, too. The maps themselves seem good, although I haven't really done a comprehensive test.

The latest iGuidance runs for $120 or so. A USB GPS device can be purchased off eBay for $80.

Unfortunately, the problems I mentioned before prevent it from running on Linux at this time. I have not tried running the software as root, but I don't think that will make a difference. The problem seems to lie in the Wine codebase. I'm going to try the latest Wine CVS, but work presses, so it might be a little while.

C

forevertheuni · 01-23-2006, 01:22 PM

Any new word on this?

cjastram · 01-23-2006, 08:30 PM

Wups, I forgot to post a final reply.

iGuidance 2.1 works almost perfectly with Wine 0.9.2. It functions exactly as it does in Windows.

There are two catches:

1) Start iGuidance in the installation directory, i.e. "wine iguidance.exe". If you don't, you'll get a "sound files not installed" error or somesuch, and the program won't start.

2) The sound does NOT mix well with any other audio playing. So, if you want to play MP3s and have the voice guidance, it doesn't work. Mute the vocals, don't play music, or outsource the music to a different device and use a mixer.

Other than that, it works fine. Just make sure the GPS device is plugged in, and the symlinks are set up right in .wine/.

Enjoy!

cej102937

Rafster · 01-24-2006, 02:04 AM

NIIIIICE.....

Could you make the pics smaller?

I still have to scroll on my 21" monitor....

Peace,

Rafster

cjastram · 01-24-2006, 09:42 AM

Make the pics smaller?

Rafster · 01-24-2006, 05:08 PM

I was telling the original thread starter to lower the res on the pics....

Peace,

Rafster

tdb30_ · 01-25-2006, 11:41 PM

You guys got me inspired. Eventhough iGuidance 2.1 appears to work with wine, I shot an e-mail to sales at inavcorp asking them if they plan to support Linux. I'll let you guys know if they reply back.

I know these guys like to lie through their teeth, but maybe by bugging them we can finaly get some native stuff written for Linux.

BTW, I think I may buy iGuidance when i get paid next week and check it out myself on linux.

blk02si · 04-25-2006, 07:07 AM

I COMMAND THEE TREAD, RISE FROM THE DEAD!

Hey,

Im bringing this back to life because Ive used suse linux and crossover office to run mutiple high end windows programs stabily. iGuidance is quite a simple program, from a hackers perspective, just hacking the .exe file will give you access to every .BMP the program uses. (custom GUI) Anyway school is 2 weeks from being over at which time I can dump this XP partition on my laptop and install SuSu again. Wine 0.9.12 is out right now (10 mini-releases since .0.9.2)
And im going to give this a whirl. I have IG 2.1 Ill let you guys know how this goes once im back in linux