Bu-353 Gps

[BLooDMaN]

Hi everyone!

I've got USB-GPS BU-353 and cannot install driver for him so I can start using it.
I've found driver for it: driver_for_linux but it's only for RedHat 7/8/9.
Do I have to change the makefile so it load libraries from another places or there is another way how system could see this device?
I'm going to use Viking software.

Here is output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Fedora 9, kernel 2.6.25.10-86
I've the latest kernel too but I've not configured my wireless there, so I'm using the old one.
Thanks!

[JohnVV]

i highly doubt that a driver from 2003 to 04 will build on fedora 9
with out some serious rewright for gcc 4.1 , but may build using gcc-compact34 . weather or not it will work???

[BLooDMaN]

Originally Posted by JohnVV

i highly doubt that a driver from 2003 to 04 will build on fedora 9
with out some serious rewright for gcc 4.1 , but may build using gcc-compact34 . weather or not it will work???

So you mean I can forget about current USB-GPS?
I'll try to use gcc-compact34, but as I see I really have to modify makefile.

[markkuk]

Just plug the thing in and see the messages in system logs and "dmesg". It should work without any additional drivers in current Linux versions: http://www.usglobalsat.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=45

[stevea]

Don't worry about the gcc issue until you hit a roadblock. The makefile will be different but worse - all the kernel data structures will need to be revised. There have been a LOT of changes since then. Look at a different approach.

I *think* that part has a supported pl2303 USB-SERIAL converter, and that's probably all you need. lspci doesn't help (it's not a pci device). You want "lsusb".

So plug the device in and see what messages appear at the end of the "dmesg" command.
http://ml.osdir.com/org.user-groups..../msg00005.html

You *might* need to use this command as root "modprobe pl2303" before plugging the device into a USB port. Then a new serial terminal should appear. See dmesg for the name.

[BLooDMaN]

I've typed dmesg and found my GPS module. Thanks a lot, module worked out of the box, I just didn't understand that =)