Question for Fedora users of Garmin nuvi GPS

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On 07/09/2014 04:58 PM, users-request at lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
> Subject:
> Re: Question for Fedora users of Garmin nuvi GPS
> From:
> Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:26:05 +0100
>
> To:
> users at lists.fedoraproject.org
>
>
> On Tue, 2014-07-08 at 21:32 -0500, Steven Ulrick wrote:
>> >Hello, Everyone
>> >I know that I can just go drive to a computer that has Windows
>> >installed on it and get this over with, but I shouldn't have to do
>> >that...
>> >I have new Garmin nuvi65LM GPS and of course the "GarminExpress"
>> >updating program that they force you to use only runs on Windows and
>> >Mac.  I tried installing the Windows version using Wine, with no luck.
>> >I then successfully installed GarminExpress in a virtual machine of
>> >Windows 7 that I have installed on Virtual Box.  When it tries to
>> >detect my device, it says that it can't...
> Which version of VirtualBox? The one on the Fedora repos doesn't support
> access to USB devices since that requires a non-free license. You need
> the free-to-use one from virtualbox.org (they have a repo file you can
> install for updates). And of course enable the specific device from the
> VB panel.
>
> poc
>
>
Hi,

I've got an old Garmin for the car & an eTrex for in my pocket, I update 
them both from Open Street Maps.  The devvices come up without problem & 
the chosen maps are just copied to the SD card.

Dave