Garmin usb [Solved]

[johng]

I am having trouble with Mageia 2 usb permissions.

Using Mageia 1, I could solve the problem by adding:

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SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="666", GROUP="plugdev"
to /etc/undev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules

This does not work in Mageia 2. I have tried adding:

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SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="666",OWNER="john",GROUP="users"

This does not make the garmin usb readable. Running qlandkartegt as root allows access to the GPS.

What's the difference with Mageia 2, and what is the cure??

[doktor5000]

Does your user belong to the usb group?

[doktor5000]

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[root@localhost john]# groups john
john : john

How would I know?

[doktor5000]

As you queried, or from

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id username

output. You can change it from userdrake (or in MCC -> System -> Manage users on system, select your user -> Edit -> groups tab and check usb group, then logout and login again)

[doktor5000]

Thank you doktor5000.
I did that, but still get: Failed to open USB device: Permission denied

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$ id john
uid=500(john) gid=500(john) groups=500(john),43(usb),497(usbmux)

I did not have this problem with Mageia 1 or Mandriva before that.

[doktor5000]

Well, from where did you actually get the file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules as this isn't provided by any Mageia package?
Also please show the entries for your device as they are currently in that file. For that, please use code-tags: ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/rpm/rpm/extra ... e_tags.ogv

[johng]

I created /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules as suggested at: http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html

I have found another site with additional info: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/USB_ ... _GNU/Linux

and modified my /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules to:
ATTRS{idVendor}=="091e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

which now enables me to download data from my GPS using Mageia 2

Note: Mageia 1 worked with:
SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="666", GROUP="plugdev"

Thank you doktor5000 for your help

[isadora]

Great you found out johng!!!

Will you please be so king marking the topic as [SOLVED]?
Thanks ahead.