[Novalug] Uurrrkk! Xen ...

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Tom and Wendy wrote:

>> On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Ed T. Toton III wrote:
>
>>  	The software I have, within my ability to use, runs under 
>> XP but not linux. No emulator I've tried -- wine and 
>> CXO,neither one recently; but I tried *hard* with CXO a while 
>> back -- has succeeded in letting my machine talk to any GPS 
>> while running linux.
>
> Are the GPS devices USB?  I know that virtualization 
> technologies can get really touchy when playing with USB.  I 
> remember that to get my Treo to play happy with VMware required 
> me to prevent the linux OS from claiming the device before 
> VMware could grab it.

 	The ones I have are all Garmin, with Garmin's cables for 
connecting them -- meant for a serial port. I've tried that way, 
and also with a serial-to-USB adapter, because the newer software 
demands USB.

 	No combination worked.
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