[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1120: gpsbabel works only as root

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#1120: gpsbabel works only as root
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 Reporter:  micha                    |        Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  enhancement              |       Status:  closed                   
 Priority:  normal                   |    Milestone:  OSGeoLive7.0             
Component:  LiveDVD                  |   Resolution:  fixed                    
 Keywords:  gps, gpsbabel, GPSTools  |  
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Comment(by micha):

 Sorry but this problem still seems to persist. The 'user' is indeed a
 member of plugdev, as Hamish setup, but it's not enough. I plug in a GPS,
 (in the VM, select the USB device) then...

 {{{
 user at osgeolive:~$ dmesg | tail -1
 [  204.564088] usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd
 user at osgeolive:~$ gpsbabel -w -i garmin -o gpx USB: waypoints.gpx
 Claim interfaced failed: could not claim interface 0: Operation not
 permitted
 }}}

 The GPSTools plugin in QGIS also fails.

 However the same command with sudo works fine. (GPS beeps and waypoints
 are downloaded)
 {{{
 user at osgeolive:~$ sudo gpsbabel -w -i garmin -o gpx USB: waypoints.gpx
 user at osgeolive:~$
 }}}

 At this late date, perhaps we should push milestone to 7.5, but leave the
 trac issue open??

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1120#comment:5>
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