[Qgis-user] GPS - "The layer is not a valid layer"

[Tony Bazeley]

OK - seems that error message "The layer is not a valid
layer............." is a generic message.

The problem seems to be one of GPSBabel not communicating with the
Etrex.

tonbaz at tb:~$ gpsbabel -D 9 -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS1 -o gpx -F
waypoints.out

GPSBabel Version: 1.3.3 
Tx Data:10 fe 00 02 10 03 : ...(PRDREQ  )
[ERROR] GPS_Packet_Read: Timeout.  No data received.
GARMIN:Can't init /dev/ttyS1
Rx Data:

On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 10:01 +0930, Tony Bazeley wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am relatively new to Quantum GIS, and run Metis under Ubuntu Hardy
> (amd-64).
> 
> Tried to download data from an Etrex GPS and get an error "The layer
> is not a valid layer and cannot be added to the map".  The settings I
> used are shown in the attached screen shot.
> 
> However I reckon I've performed this operation successfully before
> under an earlier Quantum version.
> 
> This seems to be a problem under OSX
> (http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1460) but I couldn't find
> any reports for other platforms.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Cheers
> Tony
> 
> 
> 
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