See question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293560
I have only just discovered this bug report after going around this loop
again 4 years later in 2016 with a Garmin GPS 96. The Gpsbabel support
team were not happy Linux distribution were still going out with this
problem in their
I had the similar problem with OziExplorer under Wine - could not open
GPS port on Lubuntu 12.04.
I noticed (after reading this) that /dev/ttyUSB0 belongs to 'dialout'
group. Then I simply added my account to this group, and this solved my
problem. Thanks for pointing this out!
The udev rule is
There was some relevant information from Herbert Kaminski on the
Qlandkarte-users mailing list on May 1. By placing the following text
in /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules, I can now download waypoints and
tracks from Qlandkartegt:
SUBSYSTEM==usb, ATTR{idVendor}==091e, ATTR{idProduct}==0003,
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Must run gpsbabel (gebabbel) as root to access Garmin usb:
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gpsbabel (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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