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Garmin USB insufficient permissions

jon zendatta

5/16/24, 12:49 AM

Attempting to download GPX files from Garmin to QGIS. Error message states insufficient permission or gpsbabel is missing.

GPSbabel is part of the QGIS software, so I assume I need to change permissions.

sheep@pen:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 188, 0 May 16 12:25 /dev/ttyUSB0
sheep@pen:~$ lsmod | grep garmin_gps
garmin_gps             32768  0
usbserial              57344  1 garmin_gps

sheep@pen:~$ groups
sheep adm lp dialout cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin lxd sambashare

sudo journalctl --follow as far as I can see doesn't give device name.

May 24 16:39:42 pen kernel: usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=091e, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 0.01 May 24 16:39:42 pen kernel: usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 May 24 16:39:42 pen mtp-probe[76479]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4" May 24 16:39:43 pen mtp-probe[76479]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device May 24 16:39:43 pen mtp-probe[76482]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4" May 24 16:39:44 pen mtp-probe[76482]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device

The alternative commands, ls -1 /dev >dev.before and ls -1 /dev >dev.after;diff dev.{before,after} output identical files of 240 lines, no name there either

Thanks for your suggestions Waltinator

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waltinator

5/16/24, 1:12 AM

Is `gpsbabel` in your `PATH`? Do: `type --p gpsbabel`. Also try `gpsbabel -h`.

jon zendatta

5/16/24, 4:32 AM

gpsbabel is in the PATH , but these suggestions haven't helped cheers

waltinator

5/16/24, 3:54 PM

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jon zendatta

5/22/24, 1:40 AM

Thanks for your suggestions, but I feel Linux no longer has any love from Garmin. I've opted for a gps with bluetooth, fingers crossed I have a work around.

jon zendatta

6/13/24, 7:01 AM

Waltinator thanks for your suggestions. So far this issue isn't resolved

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waltinator

5/23/24, 1:21 AM

This is an answer I've used before. I hope it helps.

Many device access problems can be resolved through group membership changes.

You can find the device name by watching sudo journalctl --follow as you connect your device. OR ls -1 /dev >dev.before, connect the device, wait 10 seconds, ls -1 /dev >dev.after;diff dev.{before,after}.

Specifically, if ls -l shows that the group permissions (the second "rwx" triplet) is "rw" (e.g."-rw-rw----"), then, adding oneself to the group that owns the device will grant rw access.

Here's how:

# change to your device name 
device="/dev/dvdrw"
sudo adduser $USER $(stat -c "%G" $device)

This allows you membership in the group that can rw the device, but there is one more step.

To make all your processes members of the new group, logout and login. Group memberships are set up at login time.

To create a single process in the new group (for testing, prior to logout/login):

newgrp $(stat -c "%G" $device)

or, just type the group name. See man newgrp.

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