[Wine] Re: Can Garmin's (MapSource) USB map-card reader be used in Wine?

[F8BOE]

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!
>> 
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