I have a little browser-like window open now that calls itself blacklist- what do I do with it?!

Is there anything in it? wrong file by the sounds of it. ctl-x, don't save. try with .conf

.conf worked, edited the file, rebooted, scanned, no joy.

well, on the bright side, you've got one thing that, probably, would have been a problem taken care of.

although, not to doubt you, but open of the file again and make sure it's still commented out.

This is now what is displayed when .conf is run:

most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)

blacklist garmin_gps

Tiswas- that is most kind, I am visiting with the Girlfriends parents Fri/Sat/Sun until afternoon though, you are most welcome to have a play with it on Sunday afternoon/evening, name your bribe?

Cool. You saved it properly ;)

Right, bed time for me- good night chaps, and thanks for the help.

I don't know much about wine

Lies.

Am I missing something? I had actually thought that Linux would have supplanted Windows and certainly overtaken Apple by now, due to its freeness, and its international network of geek support. But it hasn't.

Where it does seem to be making inroads, is in mobile OS's. Android has taken off like Saturn 5, Maemo and Meego are in the mix, and more versions of Linux appear bound for mobile devices. Is there where Linux will really achieve its ambitions? If so, I'm disappointed.

I remembered that I had a Windows laptop on the shelf and booted that this morning.

With the Garmin plugin running the device was still not registering until I downloaded the Garmin USB drivers.

So- even in Windows you need driver's- can these be loaded in Wine?

Of course you need drivers. It's not magic fairy land. Which version of windows was it?

I still don't see the point of running linux at home unless you are prone to excessive geekery (I've done it - waste of time). Most funky hardware (Powertap, Garmins) will have drivers written for Windows, Mac if you're lucky and Linux once in a blue moon.

My 5 year old laptop (1.66 Ghz, gig of RAM) runs Ubuntu fine, if you ask it to run XP Pro (it dual boots) it is glacially s l o w hence I don't want to use it.

My laptop simply would not run a more modern Windows OS.

Hmm slow OS that works or fast OS that doesn't?

I've run XP without issue on slower machines than yours. I don't do any graphics stuff though. Depends what the reason for its slowness was really.

Well I'd prefer a fast OS that works- and Linux is that OS with regards to everything else I use the laptop for.

This Garmin issue is annoying, but I am positive that we'll get it sorted.

And honestly slow is under stating it with regards to XP, it takes over five minutes to boot!

And honestly slow is under stating it with regards to my laptop, it takes over five minutes to boot!

ftfy

Did you ever have a look at what was being loaded at startup?

Yep, nuked anything trying to autorun at login ages ago, it's just an old install of XP.

Reinstall. Win2k and XP used to run fine on my 166MMX with 4gb RAM.

Sony Vaio- did not come with an install disc.

If you have one then sling it over and I'll reinstall.

Reinstall. Win2k and XP used to run fine on my 166MMX with 4gb RAM.

Good advice. It just packs up after a while and has to be cleansed. It's surprisingly fast after a reinstall.

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Sony Vaio- did not come with an install disc.
If you have one then sling it over and I'll reinstall.

I know I have some around but finding the keys will be tricky..

I run a version of XP Pro on my Asus eee that has been given a damn good Nliting and is therefore a) very small and b) very fast.

I'd still like Ubuntu to work with the Garmin- is this a rather forlorn hope?

4GB RAM? XP should run on 1GB or less.

I though that it couldn't support that much RAM anyway.

And what sort of mobo runs a 166MMX and can carry that much memory?

Why am I having such a geeky conversation?

Is anyone even listening to me?

Hello?

It can't, it can only support 3.5GB of RAM.

2GB is pretty much optimal... in any case, you shouldn't give a virtual machine more than Total System RAM / Number of CPU Cores worth of RAM. Software virtualisation cannot take advantage of more than that, and even with a Hyper-V you won't really be able to take advantage of the additional RAM fully.

I know I have some around but finding the keys will be tricky..

Memory fail- my Vaio runs Media Centre, for which I have a legal product activation code/key.