[opensuse] TomTomGo Gps Map update on opensuse.
Question about updating the maps of a TomTomGo50 on opensuse. Did anybody manage this via windows FF and wine? or via any other windows browser and Wine (must be a browser that is freeware like free beer as I do not own a windows license any more since years. The vendor of this dutch gps device (that funnily uses linux with android) refuses categorically to support linux. Which leaves me with a) go to an internet cafe, or manage to virtualize via wine the procedure. So far I had no luck. Did anybody succeed in a map update with this or similar device from TomTom? Thank you for sharing in case you have had success. --- Mail & Cloud Made in Germany mit 3 GB Speicher! https://email.freenet.de/mail/Uebersicht?epid=e9900000450 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-03-10 20:59, stakanov@freenet.de wrote:
Question about updating the maps of a TomTomGo50 on opensuse. Did anybody manage this via windows FF and wine? or via any other windows browser and Wine (must be a browser that is freeware like free beer as I do not own a windows license any more since years. The vendor of this dutch gps device (that funnily uses linux with android) refuses categorically to support linux. Which leaves me with a) go to an internet cafe, or manage to virtualize via wine the procedure. So far I had no luck.
Did anybody succeed in a map update with this or similar device from TomTom?
Thank you for sharing in case you have had success.
I would be interested in this :-) It may depend on the model. They connect via USB cable to the computer. Some are visible as a typical USB filesystem: with those you have a chance. Others do not, an instead they offer a network connection. Very protected. These, in Windows, depend on an application or driver that connects to the thing, and then the web browser can interact with it. In Windows, I use Firefox, no problem. You need first to get the application to run under wine. Try Google... I saw some unsuccessful attempts on my model when I bought it; I haven't checked recently. This device is one of the main reasons I keep a laptop with Windows :-/ -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 21:44 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-03-10 20:59, stakanov@freenet.de wrote:
Question about updating the maps of a TomTomGo50 on opensuse. Did anybody manage this via windows FF and wine? or via any other windows browser and Wine (must be a browser that is freeware like free beer as I do not own a windows license any more since years. The vendor of this dutch gps device (that funnily uses linux with android) refuses categorically to support linux. Which leaves me with a) go to an internet cafe, or manage to virtualize via wine the procedure. So far I had no luck.
Did anybody succeed in a map update with this or similar device from TomTom?
Thank you for sharing in case you have had success.
I would be interested in this :-)
It may depend on the model. They connect via USB cable to the computer. Some are visible as a typical USB filesystem: with those you have a chance. Others do not, an instead they offer a network connection. Very protected. These, in Windows, depend on an application or driver that connects to the thing, and then the web browser can interact with it. In Windows, I use Firefox, no problem.
You need first to get the application to run under wine.
Try Google... I saw some unsuccessful attempts on my model when I bought it; I haven't checked recently.
This device is one of the main reasons I keep a laptop with Windows :-/
This is a known PITA. TOMTOM uses in their devices Linux, but towards their customers they are extremely Linux-unfriendly. It looks like that the people who work there are the offspring of Microsoft and SCO :-( hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 10/03/2016 23:11, Hans Witvliet a écrit :
This is a known PITA. TOMTOM uses in their devices Linux, but towards their customers they are extremely Linux-unfriendly.
Garmin do the same :-( jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/10/2016 02:59 PM, stakanov@freenet.de wrote:
Question about updating the maps of a TomTomGo50 on opensuse. Did anybody manage this via windows FF and wine? or via any other windows browser and Wine (must be a browser that is freeware like free beer as I do not own a windows license any more since years. The vendor of this dutch gps device (that funnily uses linux with android) refuses categorically to support linux. Which leaves me with a) go to an internet cafe, or manage to virtualize via wine the procedure. So far I had no luck.
Did anybody succeed in a map update with this or similar device from TomTom?
Thank you for sharing in case you have had success.
--- Mail & Cloud Made in Germany mit 3 GB Speicher! https://email.freenet.de/mail/Uebersicht?epid=e9900000450
I am not sure how you update this device but if it is just a USB connection you can easily make windows VM in KVM, do USB passthrough on the device and then update from windows. WINE is not always reliable so you may want to try KVM if needed. -- Regards, Uzair Shamim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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