USB GPS by DeLorme

[Aaron Grewell]

The thing to do is open a terminal window and tail -f /var/log/messages .  
Then plug in the device and see what it says.  If your device is supported it 
will say 'loaded USB somethingsomething driver' and hopefully give a device 
name.  If not it will say 'no driver has claimed this device'.  Then you 
would have to try a kernel upgrade and hope for the best, or else (and this 
would be a good idea anyway) spend some time with the all-knowing Oracle of 
Google and see whether somebody else has made it work.

On Tuesday 20 January 2004 11:11, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> How do I tell how to access a new USB device?
>
> I'm looking through Kinfocenter and wondering why they don't include that
> information in the USB section (like, device to access it.. a duh!) And I
> got to wondering how they'd implement that.  Does anyone have a superior
> understanding of USB and wish to take a stab at determining what device to
> access a USB device through?  For this example, use 2.4.21, or SuSE 9.0pro.
>
> The challenge is set.  Thanks
> Matt
>
> ps.  The need is to access a USB GPS from DeLorme, called the Earthmate.
>
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